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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

無む念ねん

munen

deep regret

Example sentences

  1. 辞世じせいの句くにも、野心やしんと無念むねんが窺うかがえる。

    His death poem implies his ambition and regret.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 譲状じょうじょうの中なかで数十ヵ年すうじゅうかねんの努力どりょくにも関かかわらず家門再興かもんさいこうが果はたせなかった無念むねんを記しるしている。

    In his letter he expressed his disappointment over not having realized family restoration despite his efforts through several decades.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 今日きょうの試合しあいは無念むねんな結果けっかに終おわってしまいました。

    Today’s match ended in a bitterly disappointing result.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source

Kanji in 無念

  • 無nothingness; noneOnム・ブKunない
  • 念wish; senseOnネン

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