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JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

悔くいる

kuiru

to regret

Example sentences

彼かれは犯おかした罪つみを悔くいて、白状はくじょうした。
He repented and confessed his crime.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
彼女かのじょはあなたに失礼しつれいな態度たいどであったことを悔くいています。
She regrets having been rude to you.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
帝みかどは源氏追放げんじついほうを悔くいて勅旨ちょくしによって帰京ききょうを命めいじる。
The Emperor regrets expelling Genji and issues an order to bring him back to the capital.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 悔

悔repent; regretOnカイKunくいる・くやむ・くやしい

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