うい

Japanese

Etymology 1
For pronunciation and definitions of うい – see the following entry.
【初】4
[noun] [from early 900s] a first, start
[prefix] [from early 900s] the first of something
(This term, うい, is an alternative spelling of the above term.
For a list of all kanji read as うい, not just those used in Japanese terms, see Category:Japanese kanji read as うい.)

Etymology 2
Alternative spelling
憂い

⟨usi⟩ → /uɕi/ → /uki/ → /ui/

From classical adjective 憂し (ushi).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

Adjective

うい • (ui) -i (adverbial うく (uku))

  1. sad, gloomy
Inflection
Inflection of うい
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) うかろ ukaro
Continuative (連用形) うく uku
Terminal (終止形) うい ui
Attributive (連体形) うい ui
Hypothetical (仮定形) うけれ ukere
Imperative (命令形) うかれ ukare
Key constructions
Informal negative うくない uku nai
Informal past うかった ukatta
Informal negative past うくなかった uku nakatta
Formal ういです ui desu
Formal negative うくないです uku nai desu
Formal past うかったです ukatta desu
Formal negative past うくなかったです uku nakatta desu
Conjunctive うくて ukute
Conditional うければ ukereba
Provisional うかったら ukattara
Volitional うかろう ukarō
Adverbial うく uku
Degree うさ usa
Classical conjugation of "うし" (ク活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) うく[1]
うから[2]		uku
ukara
Continuative (連用形) うく[1]
うかり[2]		uku
ukari
Terminal (終止形) うしusi
Attributive (連体形) うき
うかる		uki
ukaru
Realis (已然形) うけれukere
Imperative (命令形) うかれukare
Key constructions
Negative うからずukarazu
Contrasting conjunction うけれどukeredo
Causal conjunction うければukereba
Conditional conjunction うくばukuba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) うかりきukariki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) うかりけりukarikeri
Adverbial うくuku
[1]Without auxiliary verb.
[2]With auxiliary verb.
Derived terms
Proverbs
  • 旅(たび)は憂(う)いもの辛(つら)いもの (tabi wa ui mo no tsurai mo no)

Etymology 3
Alternative spelling
愛い

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟ᵝi]

Adjective

うい • (ui) 

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Etymology 4
For pronunciation and definitions of うい – see the following entry.
【有為】
[adjective] (Buddhism) impermanent due to being born of nidāna (causes and effects)
[noun] (Buddhism) impermanent existences born of nidāna (causes and effects)
(This term, うい, is an alternative spelling of the above Sino-Japanese term.)

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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