憂い・愁い・患い|うれいurei[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. nounsorrow; grief; anguish; distressesp. 愁い
   憂うれいの反面はんめんには喜よろこびがあるものだ。↗

   Every cloud has a silver lining.
2. nounanxiety; worry; trouble; affliction; fear; misgivingsesp. 憂い

• Synonym憂慮ゆうりょWrittenWorry or anxiety; formal written prose, often about national or social conditions; more objective than 「憂い」.
• Synonym懸念けねんWrittenConcern or worry; common in news, stressing apprehension about how things will turn out.
• Synonym心配しんぱいNeutralWorry; the most common everyday word, far more colloquial than the written 「憂い」.
• Synonym不安ふあんNeutralUnease or restlessness; an everyday word stressing anxious unsettledness, plainer than 「憂い」.
• Synonym憂えうれえWrittenSorrow, also lamenting or voicing grievances; archaic written style, rarer than 「憂い」.
• Synonym憂心ゆうしんWrittenA sorrowful heart; rare in writing, focuses on the inner state, more literary than 「憂い」.
• Synonym憂患ゆうかんWrittenSorrow and distress; rare in writing, covers grief, heartache or worry; more literary than 「憂い」.
• Synonym憂苦ゆうくWrittenSorrow and anguish; rare in writing, stresses inner suffering and distress.
• Synonym憂懼ゆうくWrittenFear and apprehension; rare in writing, stresses dreading that something bad will happen.
• Synonym心痛しんつうNeutralHeartache or intense worry; neutral word stressing agonizing over someone else's affairs.
• Synonym痛心つうしんWrittenHeartache; rare in writing, synonymous with 「心痛」 but more elegant.
• Related気がかりきがかりNeutralSomething that weighs on your mind; colloquial, stressing one matter you can never stop worrying about.
• Related気遣いきづかいNeutralConsideration or thoughtfulness, also worry; stresses caring about the other person's needs.
• Related悲しいかなしいNeutralSad; an everyday adjective focusing on sadness itself, with no sense of worrying about the future.
• Related危惧きぐWrittenApprehension or misgivings; a written-style word focused on fearing danger or a bad outcome.
• Related心労しんろうWrittenWorry and mental strain; a written-style word for being worn out by constant fretting.
• Related悲嘆ひたんWrittenGrief and lamentation; a written-style word for mourning and sorrow, with no worry about what lies ahead.
• Related憂虞ゆうぐWrittenAnxiety and fear; rare in writing, synonymous with 「憂懼」 but extremely rare.
• Related物案じものあんじWrittenWorry; rare in writing, stressing silent fretting over some matter.
• Related煩慮はんりょWrittenWorrying over all sorts of things; rare in writing, stressing a tangle of cares crowding the mind.

「憂い」 is the written-style choice for sorrow or lurking troubles, as in 「後顧の憂い」「憂いを帯びた表情」. For everyday worry, default to 「心配」 or 「不安」; for formal concern over national or social conditions, use 「憂慮」. In written prose, 「危惧」 is apprehension, 「心労」 strain from worry and 「悲嘆」 grief, while 「懸念」 is common in news. 「憂え」「憂心」「憂患」「憂苦」「憂懼」「憂虞」「痛心」「物案じ」「煩慮」 are rare literary words, and 「気がかり」「気遣い」「心痛」「悲しい」 are neutral everyday terms.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 予想よそうされる悪わるい状況じょうきょうに対たいする心配しんぱい。
2. 悲かなしく憂鬱ゆううつなこと。