Illustration: On an apartment balcony, an amateur gardener kneels beside a small potted shrub after cutting off its only flowering branch. Open pruning shears lie beside their knee. They hold the severed branch against the fresh stump, matching the cut ends as if wishing they could undo the mistake.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

悔くやむ

kuyamu

to regret

Example sentences

  1. よーし！覚おぼえてろ。後あとで悔くやむなよ。

    All right! You will be sorry for this.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 彼女かのじょは試験しけんに失敗しっぱいしたことを悔くやんでいる。

    She regrets that she failed the examination.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 今更いまさら悔くやんでも後あとの祭まつりだ。

    It is too late to repent.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 悔

  • 悔repent; regretOnカイKunくいる・くやむ・くやしい

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