性しょう懲こり

noun

learning from experience; repenting; improving one's nature

Almost exclusively used in the set phrase 性懲りもなく (しょうこりもなく), meaning 'without learning one's lesson' or 'incorrigibly'. The standalone noun is rare.

See also: 性懲りもなく (しょうこりもなく)

• 彼かれは性しょう懲こりもなくまた同おなじ失しっ敗ぱいを繰くり返かえした。

  He repeated the same mistake again without learning his lesson.

• 性しょう懲こりもなくギャンブルに手てを出だす。

  He goes back to gambling, never learning.