懲りる
こりる
to learn one's lesson (from a bad experience); to have had enough of
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Examples
これで彼女も懲りるだろう。
これでかのじょもこりるだろう。
This will teach her a lesson.
一度失敗したくらいでは懲りない人だ。
いちどしっぱいしたくらいではこりないひとだ。
He's not the sort to be put off by one failure.
去年の大雪に懲りて、今年は早めにタイヤを替えた。
きょねんのおおゆきにこりて、ことしははやめにたいやをかえた。
Having learned my lesson from last year's heavy snow, I changed the tyres early this year.
Common patterns
- 〜に懲りる
- to learn one's lesson from ...
- 懲りずに
- undeterred; without learning
- 懲り懲りだ
- I've had more than enough of it
Memory tip
懲りる is intransitive and the bad experience takes に: 失敗に懲りる. The transitive partner 懲らしめる means to punish someone so they learn — same kanji as 懲罰.
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