Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 陰鬱(いんうつ) in Japanese

陰鬱, 陰うつ, 陰欝
Kana Reading
いんうつ
Romaji
in'utsu
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
    Meaning
    gloom; melancholy
    Example sentence
    雨が降って、その秋の日を陰うつにした。 The rain made the autumn day dismal.

Examples of 陰鬱, 陰うつ, 陰欝, いんうつ in a sentence

Kanji in this word

陰 JLPT 1

11 strokes

shade, yin, negative, sex organs, secret, shadow

On'Yomi: イン

Kun'Yomi: かげ, かげ.る

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鬱

29 strokes

gloom, depression, melancholy

On'Yomi: ウツ

Kun'Yomi: うっ.する, ふさ.ぐ, しげ.る

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欝

26 strokes

gloom, depression, melancholy

On'Yomi: ウツ, ウン

Kun'Yomi: うっ.する, ふさ.ぐ, しげ.る

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