懺ざん悔げ

also: さんげ

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懺悔する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	懺悔ざんげする	懺悔ざんげしない
Polite	懺悔ざんげします	懺悔ざんげしません
Past polite	懺悔ざんげしました	懺悔ざんげしませんでした
Past	懺悔ざんげした	懺悔ざんげしなかった
Te-form	懺悔ざんげして	懺悔ざんげしないで
Desire	懺悔ざんげしたい	懺悔ざんげしたくない
Potential	懺悔ざんげできる	懺悔ざんげできない
Passive	懺悔ざんげされる	懺悔ざんげされない
Causative	懺悔ざんげさせる	懺悔ざんげさせない
Causative passive	懺悔ざんげさせられる	懺悔ざんげさせられない
Volitional	懺悔ざんげしよう
Polite volitional	懺悔ざんげしましょう
Imperative	懺悔ざんげしろ	懺悔ざんげするな
Conditional	懺悔ざんげすれば	懺悔ざんげしなければ
Tara conditional	懺悔ざんげしたら	懺悔ざんげしなかったら

Meanings

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

repentance; confession; penitence

Christianity Buddhism

Only with reading ざんげ

General term for admitting wrongdoing and feeling remorse. Used in everyday, Christian, and secular contexts. Read ざんげ.

彼かれは自じ分ぶんの過あやまちを懺ざん悔げした。
He confessed his mistake and repented.
教きょう会かいで懺ざん悔げをする。
I make a confession at church.

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

repentance (Buddhist)

Christianity Buddhism

Only with reading さんげ

Buddhist term for confessing sins and seeking purification, often in a ritual context. Read さんげ.

僧そう侶りょが経きょうを唱となえながら懺さん悔げする。
The monk repents while chanting sutras.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉〉を懺悔ざんげするto confess/repent (a wrongdoing)
彼かれは若わかい頃ころの過あやまちを懺ざん悔げした。
He confessed to the mistakes he made in his youth.
〈相手あいて〉〉に懺悔ざんげするto confess to someone
神しん父ぷに懺ざん悔げする。
He confesses his sins to the priest.
懺悔ざんげの涙なみだを流ながすto shed tears of repentance
彼かの女じょは懺ざん悔げの涙なみだを流ながしながら謝あやまった。
She apologized while shedding tears of repentance.
〈場所ばしょ〉〉で懺悔ざんげするto confess/repent at a certain place
寺てらで懺ざん悔げする儀ぎ式しきが行おこなわれた。
A ritual of confession was held at the temple.

Kanji

懺regret, repent, confess sins
悔repent, regret

Related words

告こく白はくN1sense 1
告白 is a neutral confession of facts or feelings, while 懺悔 specifically implies admitting wrongdoing and feeling remorse.
反はん省せいN3sense 1
反省 is the everyday word for reflecting on and regretting one's own mistakes, whereas 懺悔 carries a stronger sense of confessing sin, often in a religious or formal context.
謝しゃ罪ざいN1sense 1
謝罪 focuses on the act of apologizing to someone, while 懺悔 focuses on inwardly confessing and repenting for wrongdoing, sometimes without a specific listener.
悔かい悟ご sense 1
悔悟 is a more literary word for feeling deep remorse and resolving to change, while 懺悔 emphasizes the act of confessing that remorse aloud.

Don't confuse with

讒ざん言げん
讒言 (slander, false accusation) sounds similar to 懺悔 but means the opposite kind of speech act—harming someone rather than confessing one's own sin.

Word family

懺悔室ざんげしつ
confessional
一億総懺悔いちおくそうざんげ
national confession of Japanese war guilt (1945)

Written forms

懺悔Usage93%
- ざんげ
  Standard kanji spelling. Read ざんげ in general contexts and さんげ in Buddhist contexts.
- さんげ
  Buddhist reading. Used in sutras and formal Buddhist practice.
ざんげUsage4%
ザンゲUsage2%
さんげ

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 懺悔 (tsrhæmH xwojX), a Buddhist term for confession and repentance. The two readings reflect different historical borrowings: さんげ is the older Buddhist reading, while ざんげ is a later general reading.