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

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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