悔くやむ

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悔やむ · godan verb (-mu)

Meanings

godan verb (-mu), transitive verb

Used for grieving over a death or loss, often with a sense of deep personal sorrow.

godan verb (-mu), transitive verb

regret; be sorry for; repent

Expresses regret over one's own actions or a situation; often used with ～を悔やむ or ～て悔やむ.

〈人ひと〉の死しを悔くやむto mourn someone's death
彼かれは友ゆう人じんの死しを悔くやんでいた。
He was mourning his friend's death.
〈事こと〉を悔くやむto regret something
過か去この失しっ敗ぱいを悔くやんでも仕し方かたがない。
There's no use regretting past mistakes.
〈動どう詞し〉たことを悔くやむto regret having done something
彼かの女じょは嘘うそをついたことを悔くやんでいる。
She regrets having told a lie.

後こう悔かいN2sense 2
後悔 is a noun/suru-verb for regret, often more formal and less emotional than 悔やむ.
悲かなしむN3sense 1
悲しむ means to feel sad or grieve, but does not necessarily imply regret or self-blame like 悔やむ.
嘆なげくN2sense 1
嘆く emphasizes lamenting or bemoaning a loss or misfortune, while 悔やむ specifically stresses personal regret or remorse over an action or death.
悔くいる sense 2
悔いる is nearly synonymous with 悔やむ but is more literary and often used reflexively, as in 自分を悔いる.
惜おしむN2
悔やむ and 惜しむ both express sorrow over a loss, but 悔やむ leans more toward self-blame or regret over what happened, while 惜しむ leans toward wishing something hadn't been lost.

悔くやしいN3
悔しい is an adjective meaning frustrating or vexing, whereas 悔やむ is a verb meaning to regret or mourn.

お悔くやみ
condolences; sympathy
悔くやみ
condolence; sympathy
悔くやみ事ごと
words of regret; expression of remorse · words of condolence; message of condolence
悔くやみ状じょう
letter of condolence; condolence message

Derived from 悔 (kuya, 'regret') + む (mu, verbal suffix). The kanji 悔 carries the core meaning of regret or remorse.