内うちに省かえりみて疚やましからず

expression

I have nothing to be ashamed of; I have a clean conscience

A classical Chinese-derived expression from the Analects of Confucius. Used to assert that one's heart is clear after honest self-reflection. Literary and somewhat formal; not everyday speech.

• 「内うちに省かえりみて疚やましからず」という言こと葉ばは、論ろん語ごに由ゆ来らいする。

  The phrase 'Uchi ni kaerimite yamashikarazu' comes from the Analects of Confucius.

• 彼かれは常つねに内うちに省かえりみて疚やましからずと胸むねを張はって言いえる生いき方かたを心こころがけている。

  He always strives to live in a way that he can say with his head held high, 'I have nothing to be ashamed of upon self-reflection.'