懲り懲り

Japanese

Kanji in this term
懲 懲
こ
Grade: S 		こ > ご
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 懲(こ)りる (koriru).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) こりごり [kòrígóꜜrì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ko̞ɾʲiɡo̞ɾʲi]

Noun

懲(こ)り懲(ご)り • (korigori) 

  1. bad experience, learning from a bad experience, being fed up with

Verb

懲(こ)り懲(ご)りする • (korigori suru) suru (stem 懲(こ)り懲(ご)りし (korigori shi), past 懲(こ)り懲(ご)りした (korigori shita))

  1. be fed up with

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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