noun

  1. bitter experience, misery, distress, grief, sad thoughts, hardship.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
憂き目 うきめ
憂目
憂目 うきめ
 
 
うき目 うきめ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

melancholy, grieve, lament
ユウ う.い うれ.える (8th, N1)
melancholy(憂) variant
neck(首) variant
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
oneself
ジ みずか.ら おの.ずから (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
heart, mind, spirit
こころ シン (2nd, N4)
late, delayed, winter radical (no. 34)
チ しゅう (Kentei 1)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)