痛つう悔かい

noun

deep regret; remorse; contrition

General term for profound regret or remorse, often used in serious contexts.

• 彼かれは自じ分ぶんの過あやまちを痛つう悔かいしている。

  He deeply regrets his mistake.

noun

contrition (Catholicism)

Specifically refers to contrition in the Catholic sense, a sincere sorrow for sin with the intention of confessing and amending.

• カトリックでは、痛つう悔かいはゆるしの秘ひ跡せきに不ふ可か欠けつです。

  In Catholicism, contrition is essential for the sacrament of reconciliation.