悔(くや)しさ

くやしさ

noun

frustration; vexation; chagrin

1. frustration; vexation; chagrin; mortification

The feeling of regret or anger at one's own failure or inability to do something.

負(ま)けた悔(くや)しさをバネにして練習(れんしゅう)した。

I used the frustration of losing as motivation to practice.

悔(くや)しさで涙(なみだ)が出(で)た。

Tears came out from frustration.

あの時(とき)の悔(くや)しさは今(いま)でも忘(わす)れられない。

I still can't forget the frustration from that time.

悔(くや)しさ is the noun form of 悔(くや)しい.

Forms

悔(くや)しい (i-adjective) → 悔(くや)しさ (noun)

Usage

Combines frustration at failure, anger at oneself, regret, and sometimes competitive drive.

Common collocations

悔(くや)しさを感(かん)じる - to feel frustration
悔(くや)しさをバネにする - to use frustration as motivation
悔(くや)しさがこみ上(あ)げる - frustration wells up
悔(くや)しさで泣(な)く - to cry from frustration

Similar emotion nouns

悲(かな)しさ - sadness (from 悲(かな)しい)
嬉(うれ)しさ - happiness (from 嬉(うれ)しい)

Related Words

Related: 悔(くや)しい (base adjective)

Compare: 悲(かな)しさ (sadness)

Compare: 嬉(うれ)しさ (happiness)

Compare: 惜敗感(せきはいかん) (feeling of a narrow defeat)

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Added 2026.1.18 15:56 · Revised 2026.9.2 12:02

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