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後ろめたい (うしろめたい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

後うしろめたい

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Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

i-adjective

guilty; uneasy; having a guilty conscience

Describes the feeling of guilt or unease about something one has done or is hiding. Often used for a guilty look, feeling, or conscience.

彼かれは後うしろめたい気き持もちでいっぱいだった。
He was filled with a guilty feeling.
後うしろめたいことがあると、目め

を

合あ

わせ

られ

なく

なる

。

When you have something to feel guilty about, you can't look people in the eye.

Written forms

後うしろめたいUsage74%
Standard kanji spelling; the word is normally written with kanji.
うしろめたいUsage26%

Kanji

後behind, back, later

Similar words

罪ざい悪あく感かん
罪悪感 is a noun meaning 'sense of guilt', often used in more serious or moral contexts. 後ろめたい is an adjective describing a more personal, uneasy feeling of guilt.
やましい
やましい also means 'guilty' or 'ashamed', but often implies a secret wrongdoing. 後ろめたい focuses more on the uneasy feeling itself.

Etymology

Compound of 後ろ (ushiro, 'behind') and めたい (-metai, an adjective-forming suffix expressing a state or tendency). The literal sense of 'feeling like someone is behind you' developed into the meaning of feeling guilty or uneasy, as if being watched or followed by one's conscience.