懺悔

さんげ

Also written ざんげ

Meanings

1. Noun, する verb, Transitive repentance; confession; penitence (さんげ is usu. used in Buddhism and ざんげ elsewhere)

Kanji

• 懺 regret; repent; confess sins. Read as サン.
• 悔 regret

Words containing 懺悔

• 一億総懺悔 (いちおくそうざんげ) national confession of Japanese war guilt (1945)

Word lists

• Buddhism
• Christianity

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists