悔くい

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

A somewhat formal or literary noun for deep regret or remorse over one's own actions. Often used in set phrases like 悔いが残る or 悔いのない人生.

悔くいが残のこるto be left with a lingering regret
彼かれはもっと努ど力りょくできたと悔くいが残のこった。
He was left with regret, feeling he could have tried harder.
悔くいのない〈事こと〉(a life, choice, etc.) without regrets
悔くいのない人じん生せいを送おくりたい。
I want to live a life without regrets.
悔くいを抱いだくto harbor a feeling of regret
彼かの女じょは若わかい頃ころの選せん択たくに悔くいを抱いだいている。
She harbors regret over the choice she made when she was young.
〈事こと〉に悔くいを感かんじるto feel regret about something
その決けつ断だんに今いまも悔くいを感かんじている。
I still feel regret about that decision.

後こう悔かいN2
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.
悔かい恨こん
悔恨 is an even more literary, intense word for deep remorse, whereas 悔い is somewhat less heavy and more common in set phrases.
未み練れんN1
未練 refers to lingering attachment or reluctance to let go of something, while 悔い focuses on regret over a past action.

悔くやしいN3
悔しい is an adjective meaning frustrated or bitter about an outcome, while 悔い is a noun meaning regret or remorse over one's own past actions.
食くい
悔い (regret) is pronounced identically to 食い but has nothing to do with eating; it means remorse or regret.

Derived from the verb 悔いる (くいる, 'to regret'). The noun form 悔い is the continuative stem (連用形) of the verb.