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(psychology, usually uncountable) A state of mind producing serious, long-term lowering of enjoyment of life or inability to visualize a happy future.

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depression

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Source Word

depression

IPA(Pronunciation)

/dɪˈpɹɛʃən/

Noun

uncountable usually countable US

Japanese Meaning

長期間にわたって喜びや生きがいが著しく低下し、明るい未来が想像しにくい精神状態。医学的には「うつ病」や「抑うつ状態」として認識される場合が多い。

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After months of hopelessness and fatigue, she was diagnosed with depression and began attending regular therapy sessions.

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何か月もの間、希望を失い疲労感が続いた後、彼女はうつ病と診断され、定期的に治療を受け始めた。

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I used to suffer from depression, but now I'm mostly content with my life.

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(psychology, countable) A period of low morale or unhappiness (a period of experiencing the above-mentioned state of mind) which lasts longer than several weeks and may include ideation of self-inflicted injury or suicide.

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(geography) An area that is lower in topography than its surroundings.

It was not far from the house; but the ground sank into a depression there, and the ridge of it behind shut out everything except just the roof of the tallest hayrick. As one sat on the sward behind the elm, with the back turned on the rick and nothing in front but the tall elms and the oaks in the other hedge, it was quite easy to fancy it the verge of the prairie with the backwoods close by.

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