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    3. 悔い

    悔い

    悔くい​

    regret

    KMT8News #15+1CoreNounEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab11 strokes

    くい

    Noun

    1.
    regret, repentance

    Stroke 0 / 11

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    彼かれは自じ分ぶんの行こう動どうに悔くいがある。

    He has regrets about his actions.

    KMT6Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    どんな選せん択たくをしても、悔くいのない人じん生せいを送 りたい。

    Whatever choices I make, I want to live a life without regrets.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    もっと早はやく行こう動どうしていればと、今いまになって悔くいが残のこる。

    I now have regrets, wishing I had acted sooner.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    「後こう悔かい先さきに立たたず」という言こと葉ばは、悔くいの気き持もちを表あらわしている。

    The saying "It's no use crying over spilled milk" expresses the feeling of regret.

    KMT8LiteratureEmotions & Psychology
    過か去この過あやまちに対たいする深ふかい悔くいが、彼かれを新あたらしい道みちへと導みちびいた。

    Deep repentance for past mistakes led him to a new path.

    KMT9Emotions & Psychologyphilosophy

    Characters that make up this word

    悔
    く.いる・く.やむ・くや.しい…(1)
    repent・regret
    Kanji
    い
    i
    Kana
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