懲りる

こりる

Meanings

1. Ichidan verb, Intransitive to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way
2. to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)

Kanji

• 懲 chastise. Read as こりる.

Example sentences

• これに懲りずにまたやれよ。
  Don't let this discourage you from trying it again.
• 羹に懲りて膾を吹く
  A burnt child dreads the fire.
• これで彼女も懲りるだろう。
  This will teach her a lesson.
• 懲りないよね。
  You never learn, do you?
• バイキンマンはいつもこてんぱんにやられているのに、懲りずに悪いことばかり繰り返している。
  Even though Baikinman always gets beaten into the ground, he never learns his lesson and keeps doing bad things.

Words containing 懲りる

• 性懲りもなく (しょうこりもなく) not having learned one's lesson
• 羹に懲りて膾を吹く (あつものにこりてなますをふく) a burnt child dreads the fire
• 懲りない (こりない) (someone who) doesn't learn their lesson

And 4 more.

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