呵責(かしゃく) かしゃく noun pangs (of conscience); torment; remorse formalemotion 1. pangs; torment; remorse Mental torment, used almost only in 良心(りょうしん)の呵責(かしゃく), the pangs of conscience felt after doing wrong. 良心(りょうしん)の呵責(かしゃく)を感(かん)じる。 To feel pangs of conscience. 嘘(うそ)をついて、良心(りょうしん)の呵責(かしゃく)に苦(くる)しんだ。 After lying, I was tormented by my conscience. 彼(かれ)は何(なん)の呵責(かしゃく)もなく人(ひと)を騙(だま)し続(つづ)けた。 He went on deceiving people without the slightest remorse. Common collocations良心(りょうしん)の呵責(かしゃく): pangs of conscience良心(りょうしん)の呵責(かしゃく)に苦(くる)しむ / 耐(た)えかねる: to be tormented by / unable to bear one's conscience何(なん)の呵責(かしゃく)もなく: without the slightest remorseRegisterWritten and formal; outside 良心(りょうしん)の呵責(かしゃく) the word is rare. general Added 2026.10.4 4:58 · Revised 2026.10.4 5:00 31500/31513_kashaku