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    3. 杞憂

    杞憂

    杞き憂ゆう

    needless fear

    KMT10News #36+1NounEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab22 strokes

    きゆう

    Noun

    1.
    needless fear, groundless apprehension, unfounded worry

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    それは杞き憂ゆうに過すぎなかった。

    That was nothing more than a needless fear.

    KMT7Emotions & Psychology
    彼かれの心しん配ぱいは杞き憂ゆうに終おわった。

    His worries turned out to be groundless.

    KMT10Emotions & Psychology
    将しょう来らいに対たいする杞き憂ゆうは、時ときに人ひとを行こう動どう不ふ能のうに陥おちいらせる。

    Needless fears about the future can sometimes paralyze people.

    KMT10Emotions & Psychology
    彼かの女じょの杞き憂ゆうは、彼かれの成せい功こうによって完かん全ぜんに払はっ拭しょくされた。

    Her unfounded worries were completely dispelled by his success.

    KMT10Emotions & Psychology
    専せん門もん家かは、その経けい済ざい的てきな杞き憂ゆうは根こん拠きょがないと述のべた。

    Experts stated that those economic anxieties were groundless.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyBusiness & Finance

    Kanji that make up this word

    杞
    river willow
    憂
    うれ.える・うれ.い・う.い・う.き…(2)
    melancholy・grieve・lament・be anxious・sad…(1)
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