1.
to learn one's lesson; to have had enough
To have such a bad experience that one decides not to repeat the same mistake or behavior.
失敗に懲りて慎重になった。
I became cautious after learning my lesson from failure.
彼は何度失敗しても懲りない。
He never learns his lesson no matter how many times he fails.
二日酔いに懲りて、飲み過ぎないようにしている。
After learning my lesson from hangovers, I try not to drink too much.
VERB TYPE:
自動詞 (intransitive verb)
CONJUGATION:
Ichidan verb (一段動詞/上一段)
- 懲りない (negative)
- 懲りて (te-form)
- 懲りた (past)
COMMON PATTERNS:
- 〜に懲りる - to learn one's lesson from ~
- 懲りずに - without learning one's lesson
- 懲り懲りする - to have absolutely had enough (emphatic)
IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS:
- 懲りない人 - someone who never learns
- 懲り懲りだ - I've had more than enough
USAGE NOTES:
Often used in the negative form 懲りない to describe someone who keeps making the same mistakes. The phrase 懲り懲り is an emphatic form expressing complete exasperation.