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    3. 後ろめたい

    後ろめたい

    後うしろ​め​た​い​

    guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.)

    KMT10News #43+1AdjectiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab18 strokes

    うしろめたい

    Adjective

    1.
    guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.), (feeling) uneasy

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    嘘うそをついたので、後うしろめたい気き持もちになった。

    Because I lied, I felt guilty.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    彼かれは何なにか後うしろめたいことがあるようで、目めを合あわせようとしなかった。

    He seemed to have something to feel guilty about, and avoided eye contact.

    KMT10Emotions & Psychology
    自じ分ぶんの行こう動どうに後うしろめたい感かん情じょうを抱いだくことは、良りょう心しんの表あらわれだ。

    To harbor guilty feelings about one's actions is a manifestation of conscience.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyReligion & Philosophy
    後うしろめたい気き持もちを抱かかえたままでは、本ほん当とうの幸しあわせは得えられないだろう。

    If you continue to harbor guilty feelings, you probably won't find true happiness.

    KMT10Emotions & Psychology
    彼かれは後うしろめたい顔かおで、その場ばを立たち去さった。

    He left the place with a guilty look on his face.

    KMT10Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology

    Characters that make up this word

    後
    のち・うし.ろ・うしろ・あと・おく.れる…(6)
    behind・back・later
    Kanji
    ろ
    ro
    Kana
    め
    me
    Kana
    た
    ta
    Kana
    い
    i
    Kana
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