懲りる

こりる · koriru · JLPT N1 · verb-ichidan

to learn by experience

🧊 Sounds like 氷 kori (ice): slip on ice once and you learn

The kanji 懲 has the heart radical 心, so the lesson is felt in the heart. The disgust sense comes from being fed up after a bad experience.

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