宿しゅく恨こん

noun

old grudge; long-standing resentment

Refers to a grudge or resentment that has been held for a long time, often from past events. Somewhat literary or formal in tone.

• 彼かれは宿しゅく恨こんを晴はらすために復ふく讐しゅうを企くわだてた。

  He plotted revenge to settle an old grudge.

• 両りょう家けの間あいだには長なが年ねんの宿しゅく恨こんがある。

  There is a long-standing resentment between the two families.