N2917/1725

悔くやしい

rarely used kanji formい adjectiveadjective (generic)

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くやしい

Meanings

frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice), annoyed, chagrined, (bitterly) disappointed, bitter, vexed, frustrating, annoying, regrettable

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Example sentences

試合しあいに負まけて悔くやしい。

I'm frustrated that I lost the match.

あと少すこしで合格ごうかくできたのに、本当ほんとうに悔くやしかった。

I was so bitterly disappointed — I was so close to passing.

悔くやしくて、その夜よるは眠ねむれなかった。

I was so vexed that I couldn't sleep that night.

相手あいてにミスを指摘してきされて、悔くやしい思おもいをした。

It was frustrating to have my mistake pointed out by the other person.

これほど悔くやしい経験けいけんは、長ながい競技きょうぎ人生じんせいの中なかでも滅多めったになかったと彼かれは語かたった。

He said that such a bitterly disappointing experience had rarely occurred even in his long competitive career.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)