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懲りる

JLPT 1
Kana Reading
こりる
Romaji
koriru
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
    Meaning
    to learn by experience; to be disgusted with
    Example sentence
    羹に懲りて鱠を吹く。 A burnt child dreads the fire.

Examples of 懲りる, こりる in a sentence

  • 羹に懲りて鱠を吹く。

    A burnt child dreads the fire.

  • これに懲りずにまたやれよ。

    Don't let this discourage you from trying it again.

Verb Conjugations

Non-Past

Plain
懲りる
Plain Polite
懲ります
Negative
懲りない
Negative Polite
懲りません

Past

Plain
懲りた
Plain Polite
懲りました
Negative
懲りなかった
Negative Polite
懲りませんでした

Te

Plain
懲りて
Plain Polite
懲りまして
Negative
--
Negative Polite
--

Passive

Plain
懲りられる
Plain Polite
懲りられます
Negative
懲りられない
Negative Polite
懲りられません

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