業ごうが深ふかい

expression, i-adjective

deeply sinful; past redemption; karmically burdened

Buddhist-influenced expression meaning one's karmic sins or worldly attachments are so deep that they are hard to overcome. Often used hyperbolically or self-deprecatingly in modern Japanese.

See also: 業の深い

• 彼かれは業ごうが深ふかいから、なかなか悟さとりを開ひらけない。

  He is so deeply sinful that he cannot easily attain enlightenment.

• こんなに甘あまいものがやめられないなんて、私わたしも業ごうが深ふかいなあ。

  I can't stop eating sweets like this; I must be deeply sinful.