罪ざい悪あく感かん

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Meanings

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noun

feelings of guilt; guilty conscience

Refers to the emotional state of feeling guilty or having a guilty conscience. Often used in psychological or everyday contexts.

彼かれは罪ざい悪あく感かんにさいなまれている。
He is tormented by feelings of guilt.
罪ざい悪あく感かんを感かんじる必ひつ要ようはないよ。
You don't need to feel guilty.

Kanji

罪guilt, sin, crime
悪bad, vice, rascal
感emotion, feeling, sensation

Similar words

後こう悔かい
後悔 is regret over one's actions, while 罪悪感 is the feeling of guilt itself, often with a moral dimension.
良心りょうしんの呵責かしゃく
良心の呵責 is a more formal or literary expression for pangs of conscience, whereas 罪悪感 is the common term for guilt feelings.

Etymology

Compound of 罪悪 (sin, crime) and 感 (feeling). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word is a modern Sino-Japanese coinage for 'guilt feelings'.