痛いたみ入いる

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Meanings

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

be greatly obliged; be very sorry

Formal, somewhat old-fashioned expression of deep gratitude or apology. Often used in set phrases like 痛み入ります.

お心こころ遣づかい、痛いたみ入いります。
I am deeply grateful for your consideration.
ご迷めい惑わくをおかけして痛いたみ入いります。
I am very sorry for causing you trouble.

Written forms

痛いたみ入いるUsage80%
Standard kanji spelling.
いたみいるUsage20%
傷いたみ入いる
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.

Kanji

痛pain, hurt, damage
入enter, insert
傷wound, hurt, injure

Similar words

恐おそれ入いる
More common and slightly less formal than 痛み入る. Both express apology or gratitude, but 恐れ入る is used in everyday polite speech.
申もうし訳わけない
Direct apology for a fault. 痛み入る focuses on the speaker's feeling of indebtedness or regret, while 申し訳ない explicitly acknowledges wrongdoing.

Etymology

Compound of 痛み (itami, 'pain, hurt') + 入る (iru, 'enter'), literally 'pain enters'. The figurative meaning of feeling deeply obliged or sorry developed from the idea of being emotionally 'pierced' by someone's kindness or one's own fault.