- 1. [exp, v5m] to regret bitterly; to be very sorry (for); to bite one's navel (id)
Kanji in this word
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臍
navelOn: セイ (sei)、 サイ (sai)Kun: へそ (heso)、 ほぞ (hozo)
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噛
chew, bite, gnawOn: コウ (kou)、 ゴウ (gou)Kun: か.む (ka.mu)、 か.じる (ka.jiru)
Example Sentences
彼女は姑の気にさわるようなことを言わなければよかったと臍を噛んだ。
kanojo ha shuutome no kini sawaruyounakotowo iwa nakerebayokattato heso wo kan da .
She bitterly regretted having said something that displeased her mother-in-law.