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悔いる · ichidan verb

Meanings

ichidan verb, transitive verb

A somewhat formal or literary verb for feeling remorse over one's own past actions. In everyday conversation, 後悔する is more common.

〈事こと〉を悔くいるto regret (something one did)
彼かれは若わかい頃ころの過あやまちを悔くいている。
He regrets the mistakes he made in his youth.

後こう悔かいN2
後悔する is the common, everyday word for feeling regret, while 悔いる is more literary and carries a heavier, introspective tone.
悔くやむN2
悔やむ is a slightly more common literary verb for regretting or mourning something, close in tone to 悔いる but used more often for regretting events or losses as well as one's own actions.
恥はじるN1
悔いる means to regret a specific past action or decision, while 恥じる focuses on the feeling of shame itself rather than remorse over a choice.

悔くやしいN3
悔しい shares the 悔 kanji with 悔いる but describes the frustrated, galled feeling of a setback rather than remorse over one's own past actions.

悔くいるUsage93%
Standard kanji spelling. The verb is somewhat literary; in casual speech 後悔する is more common.
くいるUsage7%

Continues the classical verb 悔ゆ, “to regret or repent,” whose later form 悔いる arose through regular historical development.