日本語道場

Nihongo Dojo — N3 → N2

Kanji

N2

Meaningsrepent, regret
On'yomiカイ
Kun'yomiく、く、くや
Strokes9
Radical

手書きメモYour own note

Regret; remorse; repentance

クワイ (kwai)

Compounds

  • regret, repentance

  • to regret

  • to mourn, to lament, to be sorry, to regret

  • regrettable, vexing, mortifying

  • regret, remorse

  • to repent, reform

Example sentences

  • Truthfully, if I'd said I didn't have any regrets over my snap decision I'd have been lying.

  • If I'm going to have a wedding ceremony, I want it to be the best ever so I have no regrets!

  • Use a brief expression of condolence, such as: "On this sad occasion we grieve with you".

  • He regretted that he had succeeded to the farm.

  • I don't want to spend the rest of my life regretting it.

  • When I ask people what they regret most about high school, they nearly all say the same thing: that they wasted so much time.

  • I regret nothing of my life.

  • It was annoying, as the manager took his team to a near-miss in the tournament.