noun

  1. repentance.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
悔い改め くいあらため
 
悔改め くいあらため

Contained Kanji Breakdown

repent, regret
くや.しい カイ く.いる (8th, N1)
heart, standing heart radical variant (no. 61)
シン こころ
every
マイ ごと つね (2nd, N5)
person(人) variant
do not, must not, be not
ブ ム はは (Kentei 1)
reformation, change, modify
カイ あらた.める (4th, N2)
self
コ おのれ キ (6th, N1)
strike, hit, folding chair radical variant (no. 66)
ホク (Kentei 1)
person(人) variant
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ ゲ おさ.める (Kentei 1)