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恨

regret, bear a grudge, resentment, malice, hatred

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes9

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

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  • 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

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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.