N4390/566

うつ

rarely used kanji formgodan verbgodan verb (archaic)verb (generic)intransitive verbusually written using kana alone

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Meanings

  • to move (house), to transfer (department)
  • to change the target of interest or concern
  • to elapse (passage of time)
  • to be permeated by a colour or scent
  • to be infected, to be contagious, to spread (as in fire)

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Example sentences

風邪かぜうつから、ちかづかないで。

Don't come close because the cold is contagious.

来月らいげつべつ部署ぶしょうつります

I will transfer to a different department next month.

となり建物たてものうつった

The fire spread to the neighboring building.

彼女かのじょ興味きょうみはすぐべつのことにうつ

Her interest quickly shifts to other things.

あたらしいまちうつらなければならなくてすこさびしい気持きもちだ。

I have to move to a new town, and I feel a little lonely.