勲くん

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Meanings

merit; order of merit

Refers to distinguished service or achievement, especially in the context of national honors and decorations. Often used in formal or official contexts.

彼かれは長なが年ねんの功こう績せきにより勲くん章しょうを授じゅ与よされた。
He was awarded a medal of honor for his many years of distinguished service.
勲くん一いっ等とうに叙じょせられる。
To be conferred the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun.

Usage patterns

勲くんを立たてるto achieve merit / render distinguished service
彼かれは戦せん場じょうで大おおきな勲くんを立たてた。
He achieved great merit on the battlefield.

Kanji

勲meritorious deed, merit

Related words

功こう績せきN2
功績 refers to a concrete achievement or contribution someone has made, while 勲 emphasizes the officially recognized honor or merit granted for it.
功こう労ろう
功労 focuses on meritorious effort or service rendered, while 勲 refers more narrowly to the official merit or decoration awarded for such service.

Don't confuse with

訓くんN3
勲 means merit or distinguished honor, while 訓 means instruction or lesson, though both share the reading くん.

Word family· 14

勲くん章しょう
decoration; order; medal
叙じょ勲くん
conferring of decorations; bestowal of an order
武ぶ勲くん
military exploits; feats of arms; distinguished military service
殊しゅ勲くん
distinguished service; meritorious deed
勲くん功こう
meritorious deeds; distinguished services

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受じゅ勲くん
receiving a decoration; receiving an order of merit
勲くん一いっ等とう
Order of the 1st Class
位い勲くん
rank and order of merit
偉い勲くん
great achievement; distinguished service
元げん勲くん
elder statesman; founding father
勲くん位い
order of merit; decoration rank
勲くん爵しゃく
peerage and order of merit
勲くん等とう
order of merit; medal class · class number (of a medal); order (first, second, etc.)
勲くん記き
commendation certificate; decoration diploma

Etymology

The kanji 勲 is composed of 力 (power) and 熏 (to smoke, to exert influence), suggesting the idea of exerting effort that leaves a lasting mark. The reading くん is the on'yomi.