Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb
alternating between happiness and anxiety; swinging between joy and sorrow; being glad and sad by turns; oscillating between optimism and pessimism
Yojijukugo (four character compound)
彼は試合の結果に一喜一憂している。He is now glad, now sad at the progress of the game.
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内憂ないゆう
Nouninternal troubles; domestic discord
杞憂きゆう
Nounneedless fear; groundless apprehension; unfounded worry
同憂どうゆう
Nounsharing the same concern
深憂しんゆう
Noundeep sadness; great worry
外憂がいゆう
Nounexternal troubles; foreign threat
遠慮近憂えんりょきんゆう
Nounfailure to think of the long term leads to grief in the short term