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いせいNounArchaic
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bitter regret

臍を噛むほぞを噛むほぞをかむ臍をExpressionGodan verbFreq #83488
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Idiomatic expression

to regret bitterly; to be very sorry (for); to bite one's navel

Examples
彼女は姑の気にさわるようなことを言わなければよかったと臍を噛んだ
She bitterly regretted having said something that displeased her mother-in-law.
んぜいNounIntransitive~する VerbFreq #149658
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turning against one's master; returning evil for good