| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| 憂慮 | ゆうりょ | anxiety, concern, fear |
| 一喜一憂 | いっきいちゆう | now rejoicing, now worrying, swinging from joy to sorrow, glad and sad by turns, alternating hope and fear, unable to put one's mind at ease |
| 憂える | うれえる | to grieve, to lament, to be anxious, to be distressed |
| 憂き目 | うきめ | bitter experience, misery, distress, grief, sad thoughts, hardship |
| 憂い | うれい | grief, distress, sorrow |
| 杞憂 | きゆう | absurd fear, needless anxiety |
| 憂国 | ゆうこく | patriotism |
| 憂さ | うさ | gloom, melancholy |
| 内憂外患 | ないゆうがいかん | troubles both at home and abroad |
| 憂い | うい | unhappy, sad, gloomy |