慙ざん愧き

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

shame; remorse; compunction

A formal, somewhat literary term for deep shame or remorse, often with a moral or self-reproachful tone. Can be used as a noun or with する to mean 'feel ashamed/remorseful'.

• 彼かれは自じ分ぶんの過あやまちに慙ざん愧きの念ねんを抱いだいた。

  He felt a deep sense of shame over his mistake.

• 慙ざん愧きに堪たえない。

  I am overcome with shame.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

Buddhist shame; shame towards self and others

Buddhist term for a twofold shame: inner shame at one's own wrongdoing and outer shame in the eyes of others. Rare outside religious contexts.

• 仏ぶっ教きょうでは、慙ざん愧きは自みずからを省かえりみる心こころと他た者しゃへの恥はじらいを指さす。

  In Buddhism, 慙愧 refers to both self-reflection and a sense of shame before others.