悔しい

くやしい【悔しい， 口惜しい】

〔残念な， 無念な〕

¶入試に失敗して～

It is regrettable that I failed the entrance examination.

¶娘が試合に負けて～

What a shame that my daughter lost the game.

¶悔しかったらこの木に登ってみろ

I dare you to climb up the tree.

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くやしい【悔しい】

vexatious; vexing; causing chagrin; making angry; be vexed [angry, frustrated].

●ああ悔しい. How vexing! | Damn (it)!

・やつに馬鹿にされたと思うと実に悔しい. It really makes my blood boil when I think how that guy made me look like a fool.

・負けたときは本当に悔しかった. I was really bitterly disappointed [really felt frustrated] when I lost.

・再度の挑戦も惨めな結果に終わり悔しかった. It was frustrating; my second attempt also ended in a pitiful result.

・悔しいけど私にはその仕事をうまくやってのける自信がない. It pains me to say this, but I'm not confident that I can carry off that work successfully.

悔しがる be [feel] angry [chagrined, vexed, frustrated, bitterly disappointed] 《at one's failure》; feel chagrin [vexation, frustration, bitter disappointment] 《at…》.

●じだんだ踏んで悔しがる stamp one's feet in frustration [vexation, chagrin]

・悔しがって涙を流す shed tears in one's frustration [chagrin, bitter disappointment]

・彼はタッチの差で電車に乗りそこなって悔しがった. He felt like cursing when he missed the train by a matter of seconds.

・もう少しで優勝できたのにと彼女は非常に悔しがった. She felt deeply vexed [bitterly disappointed] that a little bit more and she could have won.

悔しさ vexation; chagrin; frustration.

●悔しさのあまり in (the excess of) one's vexation [frustration]; out of chagrin; for spite

・彼は悔しさのあまり将棋盤をひっくり返した. In his frustration he overturned the shōgi board.

・せっかくの努力が水の泡になったときの悔しさといったらない. You can't feel more vexed than I did when all my efforts went for nothing.

・その悔しさをバネにもう一度トライしてごらん. Use that frustration of yours as a springboard and try once again.