Common word› JLPT N3 › Freq. Frequency Top 5,000 Conjugation 反省する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 反はん 省せい する 反はん 省せい しない Polite 反はん 省せい します 反はん 省せい しません Past polite 反はん 省せい しました 反はん 省せい しませんでした Past 反はん 省せい した 反はん 省せい しなかった Te-form 反はん 省せい して 反はん 省せい しないで Desire 反はん 省せい したい 反はん 省せい したくない Potential 反はん 省せい できる 反はん 省せい できない Passive 反はん 省せい される 反はん 省せい されない Causative 反はん 省せい させる 反はん 省せい させない Causative passive 反はん 省せい させられる 反はん 省せい させられない Volitional 反はん 省せい しよう Polite volitional 反はん 省せい しましょう Imperative 反はん 省せい しろ 反はん 省せい するな Conditional 反はん 省せい すれば 反はん 省せい しなければ Tara conditional 反はん 省せい したら 反はん 省せい しなかったら
Usage patterns 〈 事こと 〉 を 反はん 省せい する to reflect on / regret something
I reflect on my own behavior.
深ふか く 反はん 省せい する to deeply regret / reflect on
He deeply regretted his own mistake.
反はん 省せい が 足た りない to show insufficient self-reflection
I was told that I hadn't reflected enough on my behavior.
〈 人ひと 〉 に 反はん 省せい を 求もと める to demand that someone reflect on their actions
The teacher asked the student to reflect on his behavior.
Kanji 省 government ministry, conserve, omit Related words· 12 後悔 expresses an emotional regret about a past action, while 反省 emphasizes calmly analyzing the mistake to improve.
内省 is a formal, philosophical term for deep introspection, while 反省 is the everyday word for reflecting on and correcting one's actions.
猛省 means an intense, serious self-reflection, stronger and more formal than the everyday 反省 .
反省 is the everyday word for reflecting on or regretting a specific mistake, while 三省 stresses repeated, habitual self-examination in a moral or Confucian sense.
Show 8 more Show fewer 反省する is the common, everyday verb for reflecting on and regretting one's mistakes, while 省みる is a more literary, formal word for the same kind of self-examination.
反省 focuses on reviewing and regretting past mistakes, while 自問 is simply the act of posing a question to oneself, regardless of outcome.
反省 is the common, everyday word for reflecting on a mistake with a sense of regret, while 自省 is a more formal term for critically examining one's own thoughts or conduct in general.
反省 is reflecting on one's actions with an eye toward improvement, while 自責 is specifically blaming or condemning oneself for what happened.
反省 is the everyday word for reflecting on and regretting one's own mistakes, whereas 懺悔 carries a stronger sense of confessing sin, often in a religious or formal context.
懲りる describes being discouraged from repeating a mistake because of a painful experience, while 反省する is the more neutral, formal act of reflecting on one's own behavior.
反省する carries a self-critical nuance of reflecting on one's own mistakes, whereas 振り返る is more neutral and can apply to any past experience.
反省する carries a stronger sense of regret or self-blame for past mistakes, while 見つめ直す is a more neutral, thoughtful reexamination.
Word family review meeting; postmortem; evaluation session
written apology; written statement of regret
lack of self-reflection; lack of introspection; unreflective
matters for reflection; points to review
self-reflection; self-examination · to reflect on oneself; to self-question; to rethink
Etymology From 反 (はん , 'to look back, to return') and 省 (せい , 'to examine, to reflect'). The combination means to look back and examine oneself or a situation.
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