恐れ入る

おそれいる

to be sorry

N1 #22,080

Meanings

  1. godan verb, intransitive to be sorry; to beg someone's pardon; to feel small
  2. to be much obliged; to be grateful; to be thankful
  3. to be amazed; to be greatly impressed; to admire
  4. to be dumbfounded; to be confounded; to be stunned; to be fed up (with); to be defeated; to be beaten

Its kanji

In sentences

恐おそれ入いります。 Excuse me. #13117392

彼あの才能さいのうにはおそれいったよ。 I admire his talent. #117287