Word Meaning 懺悔

さんげ sange

懺悔 is read as さんげ (sange) and means repentance.

Meaning

English

repentance
confession
penitence

Reading

Kana

さんげ

Romaji

sange

Writing Variants

懺悔ざんげ zange

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 29 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Rank 16342 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

懺悔室

ざんげしつ

(a) confessional

懺悔録

ざんげろく

Confessiones (St. Augustine of Hippo)

一億総懺悔

いちおくそうざんげ

national confession of Japanese war guilt (1945)

後悔

こうかい

regret

悔しい

くやしい

frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice)

悔し泣き

くやしなき

crying from vexation

悔し涙

くやしなみだ

tears of regret

相悔み

あいくやみ

mutual mourning (during which one does not make condolence calls or offer to help others also in mourning)

後悔先に立たず

こうかいさきにたたず

it is no use crying over spilt milk

悔心

かいしん

contrition

悔改め

くいあらため

repentance

悔改める

くいあらためる

to repent