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“Depressed” in Japanese

Short answer
暗い gurai ぐらい

Depressed in Japanese is “暗い” (gurai). Full meaning: dark, gloomy, murky; depressed, dispirited, down in the dumps, dark (mood); dark (in colour), dull.

Other ways to say “Depressed” in Japanese

重い omoi heavy, weighty; heavy (feeling), depressed, gloomy, blue, uneasy; slow, sluggish, lumbering, ponderous, clumsy 気が重い kigaomoi heavy-hearted, depressed, dispirited, (feeling) down, feeling reluctant (to do) 陰鬱 inutsu gloomy, melancholy, dreary, depressed, dismal 闇い kurai dark, gloomy, murky; depressed, dispirited, down in the dumps, dark (mood); dark (in colour), dull 瞑い gurai dark, gloomy, murky; depressed, dispirited, down in the dumps, dark (mood); dark (in colour), dull 杳い kurai dark, gloomy, murky; depressed, dispirited, down in the dumps, dark (mood); dark (in colour), dull 黯い gurai dark, gloomy, murky; depressed, dispirited, down in the dumps, dark (mood); dark (in colour), dull 冥い kurai dark, gloomy, murky; depressed, dispirited, down in the dumps, dark (mood); dark (in colour), dull 蒙い kurai dark, gloomy, murky; depressed, dispirited, down in the dumps, dark (mood); dark (in colour), dull 溟い kurai dark, gloomy, murky; depressed, dispirited, down in the dumps, dark (mood); dark (in colour), dull 昏い gurai dark, gloomy, murky; depressed, dispirited, down in the dumps, dark (mood); dark (in colour), dull

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