Illustration: In an apartment kitchen, a man with a freshly bandaged knee needs another bowl from a high cupboard. A flimsy folding stool lies tipped beside a broken bowl and a dustpan, making his recent mishap apparent. His partner has set the stool upright again and offers it with an innocent gesture.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

懲こりる

koriru

to learn one’s lesson

Example sentences

  1. これで彼女かのじょも懲こりるだろう。

    This will teach her a lesson.

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  2. 本当ほんとうに、懲こりない人ひとだね。

    Truly, you are a person who will not learn from experience.

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  3. 懲こりないよね。

    You never learn, do you?

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Kanji in 懲

  • 懲penal; chastiseOnチョウKunこりる・こらす・こらしめる

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