自じ責せきの念ねん

expression

guilty conscience; feelings of remorse

A formal, somewhat literary expression for a strong sense of self-blame or remorse, often used in serious contexts.

• 彼かれは自じ責せきの念ねんに駆かられて、自じ首しゅした。

  Driven by a guilty conscience, he turned himself in.

• 事じ故この後あと、彼かの女じょは自じ責せきの念ねんに苦くるしんだ。

  After the accident, she was tormented by feelings of remorse.