うきめ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
憂き目憂目 (dated)

Etymology

From うき (uki, attributive form of うし (ushi), the Classical Japanese form of adjective うい (ui, “sad”)) + め (me, “experience”).(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) うきめ [ùkímé] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
(Tokyo) うきめ [úꜜkìmè] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2][3]
(Tokyo) うきめ [ùkíméꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[3]
IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝkʲime̞]

Noun

うきめ • (ukime) ^{←うきめ (ukime)^?}

tragedy

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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