懲りる
懲りる · ichidan verb
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 懲りる | 懲りない |
| Polite | 懲ります | 懲りません |
| Past polite | 懲りました | 懲りませんでした |
| Past | 懲りた | 懲りなかった |
| Te-form | 懲りて | 懲りないで |
| Desire | 懲りたい | 懲りたくない |
| Potential | 懲りられるalso 懲りれる | 懲りられないalso 懲りれない |
| Passive | 懲りられる | 懲りられない |
| Causative | 懲りさせる | 懲りさせない |
| Causative passive | 懲りさせられる | 懲りさせられない |
| Volitional | 懲りよう | |
| Polite volitional | 懲りましょう | |
| Imperative | 懲りろ | 懲りるな |
| Conditional | 懲りれば | 懲りなければ |
| Tara conditional | 懲りたら | 懲りなかったら |
Meanings
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
learn one's lesson; learn the hard way
Used when a bad experience teaches someone not to repeat the same mistake. Often in the form 懲りずに (without learning one's lesson) or 懲りた (learned one's lesson).
I learned my lesson from the last failure, so I'll be careful this time.
He didn't learn his lesson and made the same mistake again.
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
be fed up; be discouraged; have enough
Expresses being so discouraged or disgusted by an experience that one wants to avoid it in the future. Often used with ～に懲りる.
Discouraged by one failure, he won't try again.
I'm completely fed up with the bad food at that restaurant.
Usage patterns
- 〈事〉に懲りるto be discouraged by/have had enough of ~
Discouraged by a single failure, he stopped trying new things.
- 〈事〉に懲りずに〈動詞〉to do ~ again without being discouraged by ~
Undeterred by his previous failure, he keeps taking on the same challenge.
Expressions
- 性懲りもないincorrigible; dogged; never learning one's lesson
- 性懲りもなくwithout learning one's lesson; doggedly; in spite of past failures
- これに懲りずにwithout being discouraged by this; without letting this put you off; without being held back by this
- これに懲りよ道才坊take it as a lesson learned; learn from this mistake
- 羹に懲りて膾を吹くonce bitten, twice shy; a burnt child dreads the fire; become overcautious after a bad experience