未み練れん

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

lingering attachment; regret; reluctance to let go

Describes an emotional state of being unable to move on from a person, past event, or desire; often used in phrases like 未練がましい (showing lingering attachment) or 未練を残す (to leave with regrets).

彼かの女じょに振ふられた後あとも、彼かれは未み練れんを引ひきずっている。
Even after she broke up with him, he still has lingering feelings for her.
未み練れんがましい態たい度どはやめて、前まえを向むこう。
Stop acting so clingy and look forward.

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Usage patterns

未み練れんを残のこすto leave with lingering regret
彼かれは彼かの女じょに未み練れんを残のこしたまま海かい外がいに旅たび立だった。
He left for abroad still harboring regret over her.
未み練れんがあるto have lingering feelings about something
まだ前まえの仕し事ごとに未み練れんがある。
I still have lingering feelings about my old job.
未み練れんを断たつto cut off one's lingering attachment
過か去こへの未み練れんを断たって新あたらしい生せい活かつを始はじめた。
I cut off my attachment to the past and started a new life.
〈相あい手て〉に未み練れんがあるto still have feelings for someone (usu. an ex)
彼かの女じょはまだ元もと彼かれに未み練れんがあるようだ。
It seems she still has feelings for her ex-boyfriend.
未み練れんを捨すてるto let go of one's lingering attachment
もう未み練れんを捨すてて前まえに進すすむべきだ。
You should let go of your attachment and move forward.

Expressions

未み練れん未み酌しゃくがないunsympathetic; coldhearted; inconsiderate

Kanji

未un-, not yet, hitherto
練practice, gloss, train

Related words

執しゅう着ちゃくN1
執着 describes a stronger, almost obsessive attachment, while 未練 conveys a wistful, regretful inability to let go.
心こころ残のこりN1
心残り and 未練 both describe lingering regret, but 心残り is slightly softer and more common in everyday speech about missed chances.
後こう悔かいN2
後悔 is straightforward regret over a past action, whereas 未練 focuses on emotional attachment and reluctance to move on.
悔くいN1
未練 refers to lingering attachment or reluctance to let go of something, while 悔い focuses on regret over a past action.

Opposites

諦あきらめN1
諦め means resignation or giving up, the emotional opposite of 未練, which clings to hope or attachment.

Word family

未み練れん未み酌しゃく
lingering attachment and sympathy
未み練れんがましい
lingering attachment; unwilling to let go; regretful clinging
未み練れんたらしい
unable to let go; lingering attachment; regretful clinging
未み練れんたらたら
unable to let go; stuck in the past; full of lingering attachment

Written forms

未み練れんUsage99%
Standard kanji spelling; high priority.
みれんUsage1%

Etymology

From 未, “not yet,” and 練, “trained”: its older sense was “untrained; inexperienced.” It later developed the sense of irresolution and lingering attachment.