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悔しい

くやしい

i-adjective

Meanings

1regrettable
2mortifying
3vexing
4frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice)
5annoyed
6chagrined

Example sentence

決勝戦で負けるほど悔しいものはない。

Nothing is more disappointing than to lose in the finals.

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Kanji in this word

悔Repent, Regret9 strokes

More words with 悔

悔いくい · regret 悔し泣きくやしなき · crying from vexation 後悔こうかい · regretN3 悔やむくやむ · to regretN2 悔しいくやしい · frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice), annoyed, chagrined, (bitterly) disappointed, bitter, vexed, frustrating, annoying, regrettable

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