憂く
うく · uku
i-adjective 連用形
憂く is the masu-stem of 憂い — unhappy, sad, gloomy.
- sorrow, grief, anguish, distress
- anxiety, worry, trouble, affliction, fear, misgivings
How it’s built
憂い
憂く
Masu-stem (連用形). The base for ます, たい and ながら, and the way to link two actions: 書き → 書きます.
憂い is a i-adjective, so it follows that pattern.
Name that form
Three more forms of 憂い. Can you tell what each one is?
Every form of 憂い
| Negative (ない形) | 憂くないうくない |
| Past (た形) | 憂かったうかった |
| Past negative (なかった) | 憂くなかったうくなかった |
| Te-form (て形) | 憂くてうくて |
| Adverb (副詞形) ← this one | 憂くうく |
| Before a noun (連体形) | 憂いうい |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 憂ければうければ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 憂かったらうかったら |
| Become ~ (~なる) | 憂くなるうくなる |
| Too ~ (~すぎる) | 憂すぎるうすぎる |
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Other forms and spellings
憂けれ憂きゃ憂けりゃ憂かろ憂かろう憂かろふ憂かっ憂いSave your words
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