恨
regret, bear a grudge, resentment, malice, hatred
Readings
On'yomi
- コン
Kun'yomi
- うら.む
- うら.めしい
Meaning
恨 centers on a deep, lingering negative feeling toward someone or something: resentment, bearing a grudge, or hatred. Regret is a related inward-turning form of this same bitter emotion.
Most common words using 恨
20 of 33- 恨みうらみN2
resentment; grudge; malice; bitterness
- 恨むうらむN2
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
- 逆恨みさかうらみ
being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards)
- 痛恨つうこん
deep regret; great sorrow; bitter grief
- 遺恨いこん
grudge; ill will; enmity
- 怨恨えんこん
enmity; grudge
- 悔恨かいこん
regret; remorse; repentance; contrition
- 恨めしいうらめしい
reproachful; hateful; bitter
- 恨み言うらみごと
grudge; complaint; reproach
- 恨みつらみうらみつらみ
pent-up resentment; grudges and hard feelings
- 多恨たこん
many regrets; much sadness; much resentment; much bitterness
- 多情多恨たじょうたこん
sensibility; (having) many worries and regrets
- 宿恨しゅくこん
old grudge; old score
- 恨みがましいうらみがましい
reproachful; resentful; spiteful
- 恨みっこうらみっこ
hard feelings; (mutual) resentment
- 恨みっこなしうらみっこなし
with no hard feelings
- 恨みを晴らすうらみをはらす
to avenge oneself
- 恨みを買ううらみをかう
to incur someone's enmity
- 恨み節うらみぶし
song with lyrics about resentment and a sorrowful tune
- 恨み骨髄に徹するうらみこつずいにてっする
to have a deep grudge; to bear deep resentment towards someone
Study
Etymology
恨 combines 忄 (heart) with 艮, which likely contributes the sound and may carry a sense of stopping or being fixed, suggesting a feeling that stays in the heart.
Meaning mnemonic
The heart radical 忄 beside 艮 (which looks like a person rooted in place) suggests a feeling that won't move: resentment or a grudge stuck in the heart.
Reading mnemonic
For コン, imagine a con artist who holds a grudge after being caught: con -> コン, and the resentment stays in their heart.