悔

Meaning

悔 centers on the painful feeling of wishing you had done something differently: repenting for a wrong action or regretting a missed opportunity.

• 後悔こうかい
  N2

  regret; repentance; remorse

• 悔しいくやしい
  N3

  frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed; frustrating; annoying; regrettable

• 悔やむくやむ
  N2

  to mourn; to lament

• 悔いくい
  N1

  regret; repentance

• 懺悔ざんげ

  repentance; confession; penitence

• お悔やみおくやみ

  condolences

• 悔い改めくいあらため

  repentance

• 悔やみくやみ

  condolence; condolences

• 悔恨かいこん

  regret; remorse; repentance; contrition

• 悔し涙くやしなみだ

  tears of regret; bitter tears; vexation; chagrin

• 悔いるくいる

  to regret

• 悔悟かいご

  remorse; repentance

• 悔い改めるくいあらためる

  to repent; to be penitent

• 悔し泣きくやしなき

  crying from vexation; tears of regret

• お悔やみ申し上げますおくやみもうしあげます

  my condolences; my deepest sympathy

• やらずに後悔するよりやって後悔したほうがいいやらずにこうかいするよりやってこうかいしたほうがいい

  it is better to try and fail than never to try at all

• 一億総懺悔いちおくそうざんげ

  national confession of Japanese war guilt (1945)

• 亢龍有悔こうりょうゆうかい

  the arrogant dragon will have cause to repent; he who reaches the top is bound to fail if he is not prudent

• 後悔先に立たずこうかいさきにたたず

  it is no use crying over spilt milk

• 悔いなしくいなし

  no regrets; without regrets

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