後こう悔かい

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後悔する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

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noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

A deep, often painful feeling of wishing one had acted differently. Used as a noun, with する to mean 'to regret', and as a no-adjective (後悔の念, etc.).

〈事こと〉を後こう悔かいするto regret (having done) something
彼かれは嘘うそをついたことを後こう悔かいしている。
He regrets having told a lie.
〜して後こう悔かいするto do something and then regret it
お金かねを全ぜん部ぶ使つかってしまって後こう悔かいした。
I spent all my money and regretted it.
後こう悔かいの念ねんに駆かられるto be overcome by a feeling of regret
彼かの女じょは突とつ然ぜん、後こう悔かいの念ねんに駆かられた。
She was suddenly overcome by a wave of regret.
今いまさら後こう悔かいしても遅おそいit's too late to regret it now
今いまさら後こう悔かいしても遅おそいよ。
It's too late to regret it now.

反はん省せいN3
反省 focuses on constructive self-reflection about a mistake, while 後悔 is the raw emotional pain of wishing you had done otherwise.
悔くやむN2
悔やむ is the verb form used for personal, often heartfelt regret (e.g. over a loss), while 後悔 is the noun/する-verb used more broadly for regretting any decision.
未み練れんN1
未練 describes lingering attachment or reluctance to let something go, whereas 後悔 is regret specifically about a past action or choice.
残ざん念ねんN5
残念 is a milder disappointment often about an outcome beyond your control, while 後悔 implies self-blame for your own decision.

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無む念ねんN1
後悔 is a general term for regretting one's own past actions, while 無念 stresses frustration at an unwanted or unfair outcome.
悔くいN1
後悔 is the common everyday noun/する-verb for regret, while 悔い is a more formal, literary word often found in fixed expressions like 悔いが残る.
恨うらみN2
後悔 is regret over one's own past actions, while 恨み (sense 2, 憾み) is a more formal, often impersonal regret about a situation or outcome.
痛つう恨こん
後悔 is the common, everyday word for regret, while 痛恨 is a stronger, more formal term used for profound or public regret.
悔くいる
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.
自じ責せき
後悔 is regret over what happened or what one did, whereas 自責 emphasizes holding oneself responsible and reproaching oneself for it.
心こころ残のこりN1
後悔 is regret over a specific action or choice one blames oneself for, whereas 心残り is a wistful feeling about something left unfinished, without self-blame.
惜おしむN2
後悔する means to regret a past decision or action one made, while 惜しむ focuses on lamenting a loss, parting, or missed chance.

更こう改かい
後悔 (also read こうかい) means 'regret' and is unrelated in meaning to 更改, which means 'renewal' or 'revision'; the two are easy to confuse only because they sound identical.
公こう開かいN1
後悔 (regret) is pronounced identically to 公開 (making public) but has a completely unrelated meaning, so context is essential to tell them apart.
公こう海かい
後悔 means regret and is unrelated in meaning to 公海, but the two are easy to mix up by sound alone.

後 (after, later) + 悔 (regret, repent). The compound literally means 'after-regret', i.e., regret felt after an action or event.