jmdict 1605640 Active (id#2204139)
憂鬱 [ichi1] ； 幽鬱 [rK] ； 悒鬱 [rK] ； 憂うつ [sK] ； 憂欝 [sK] ； 幽欝 [sK] ； 悒欝 [sK]
【 ゆううつ [ichi1] 】
  1. [n,adj-na]
    • depression
    • melancholy
    • dejection
    • gloom
    • despondency
History:
    • A 2022-08-15 16:56:23 Robin Scott
    • Comments
      憂うつ can be hidden. So can 憂欝 as it's rare itaiji.
    • Diff
      @@ -9,4 +9 @@
-<keb>憂うつ</keb>
-</k_ele>
-<k_ele>
-<keb>憂欝</keb>
+<keb>幽鬱</keb>
@@ -20,2 +17,6 @@
-<keb>幽鬱</keb>
-<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
+<keb>憂うつ</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>憂欝</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
    • A 2022-08-14 11:49:31 Jim Breen
    • Comments
      Adding sK/sk forms.
    • Diff
      @@ -21,0 +22,8 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>幽欝</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>悒欝</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
    • A 2022-06-30 09:19:22 Jim Breen
    • Comments
      They are variants, so not iK.
    • A* 2022-06-29 23:31:43 Stephen Kraus
    • Comments
      HiddenForm 幽欝；悒欝
Dropping these two for now.
    • Refs
      I don't see any of the 欝 forms in my refs.
Daijisen says that 欝 is 俗字 for 鬱. Perhaps [iK] is more appropriate than [rK].

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
| 憂鬱　　 | 3,241,042 | 96.0% |
| 憂うつ　 |    53,413 |  1.6% |
| 憂欝　　 |    15,679 |  0.5% |
| 悒鬱　　 |       169 |  0.0% | <- daijr/s, koj, nikk
| 幽鬱　　 |        71 |  0.0% | <- daijr/s, koj, nikk
| 幽欝　　 |        61 |  0.0% | <- Hide
| 悒欝　　 |         0 |  0.0% | <- Hide
| ゆううつ |    65,035 |  1.9% |
    • Diff
      @@ -12,0 +13 @@
+<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
@@ -15,0 +17 @@
+<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
@@ -19,6 +21 @@
-</k_ele>
-<k_ele>
-<keb>幽欝</keb>
-</k_ele>
-<k_ele>
-<keb>悒欝</keb>
+<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
    • A 2018-05-27 01:07:15 Jim Breen
    • Comments
      Yes, noun first.
    • Refs
      The JEs mostly lead with noun glosses. G n-grams:
憂鬱	3241042
憂鬱さを	2464
憂鬱を	26747
憂鬱さが	1766
憂鬱が	24618
    • Diff
      @@ -30,0 +31 @@
+<pos>&n;</pos>
@@ -32,2 +33 @@
-<pos>&n;</pos>
-<gloss>depressing</gloss>
+<gloss>depression</gloss>
@@ -35,2 +35,3 @@
-<gloss>dismal</gloss>
-<gloss>gloomy</gloss>
+<gloss>dejection</gloss>
+<gloss>gloom</gloss>
+<gloss>despondency</gloss>
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