noun

  1. diversion (from one's worries, troubles, etc.), distraction, amusement.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
 
憂さ晴らし うさばらし
 
 
 
 
ウサ晴らし うさばらし
 
 
 
 
うさ晴らし うさばらし
 
 
 
 
憂さばらし うさばらし

Contained Kanji Breakdown

melancholy, grieve, lament
ユウ う.い うれ.える (8th, N1)
melancholy(憂) variant
neck(首) variant
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
oneself
ジ みずか.ら おの.ずから (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
heart, mind, spirit
こころ シン (2nd, N4)
late, delayed, winter radical (no. 34)
チ しゅう (Kentei 1)
clear up
は.れる はれ セイ (2nd, N3)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
blue, green
あお セイ お (1st, N4)
life (生) variant
month, moon
つき ゲツ ガツ (1st, N5)