良りょう心しんが咎とがめる

expression, ichidan verb

have a guilty conscience; feel pangs of conscience

Used when one's conscience bothers them about a past action or decision. Often appears in the form 良心が咎める or 良心が咎めて.

• 嘘うそをついた後あと、良りょう心しんが咎とがめて眠ねむれなかった。

  After telling a lie, my conscience bothered me and I couldn't sleep.

• 彼かれは悪わるいことをしたのに、良りょう心しんが咎とがめないようだ。

  Even though he did something bad, his conscience doesn't seem to bother him.