sumanai

a word from vocabulary Japanese by Christopher K. Schmidt  
Word form sumanai
Original script 済まない
LWT meaning(s)
Word meaning to be sorry
Comments on word The verb sumu is attested in 徒然草 (1331).
Analyzability analyzable derived
Gloss suma-nai end-NEG
Age Early Modern Japanese [21] (1604–1867)
Lexical stratum wago
Year 1802
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