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しかる (shikaru) Japanese meaning: scold | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N4 › Freq. Frequency Top 20,000 Conjugation しかる · godan verb (-ru)
Form Positive Negative Dictionary しかる しからない Polite しかります しかりません Past polite しかりました しかりませんでした Past しかった しからなかった Te-form しかって しからないで Desire しかりたい しかりたくない Potential しかれる しかれない Passive しかられる しかられない Causative しからせる しからせない Causative passive しからせられる also しからされる しからせられない also しからされない Volitional しかろう Polite volitional しかりましょう Imperative しかれ しかるな Conditional しかれば しからなければ Tara conditional しかったら しからなかったら
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はは
は
私わたし
が
嘘うそ
を
つい
た
の
で
しかっ
た
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My mother scolded me because I told a lie.
The teacher scolded the student who was late.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 を 叱しか る to scold someone
The teacher scolded the student.
〈 事こと 〉 で 叱しか る to scold someone for (doing) something
I was scolded for being late.
厳きび しく 叱しか る to scold severely/strictly
My father scolded me severely.
大おお 声ごえ で 叱しか る to scold loudly
My mother scolded me loudly.
Related words· 10 怒る describes the emotional state of being angry, while 叱る focuses on the act of verbally reprimanding someone for wrongdoing.
注意する is a milder caution or warning about a minor mistake, whereas 叱る is a stronger, more direct reprimand.
怒鳴る means to shout or yell in anger, which is harsher and louder than the verbal admonishment implied by 叱る.
諭す means to calmly advise or admonish someone to correct their behavior, lacking the sharper, authoritative tone of 叱る.
Show 6 more 叱る is the general word for scolding, while 決め付ける in its scolding sense implies a sharper, more accusatory confrontation.
叱る is the general, everyday word for scolding (as a parent or superior would), while 詰る carries a sharper, more confrontational tone of reproach.
叱る is a direct, often short scolding, while 説教 implies a longer, more moralistic lecture.
Don't confuse with 叱 (しっ) is an interjection meaning 'shh!' or 'shoo!', while 叱る (しかる) is a verb meaning 'to scold'; they share the kanji 叱 but are pronounced and used differently.
然る can archaically be read しかる ('such a'), which is easily confused by sound with 叱る (しかる, 'to scold'), a common verb with a totally different meaning.
Word family scolding; reprimand; lecture
rebuke sharply; scold harshly
scolding; reprimand
scold harshly; tell off; bawl out
Written forms しかる Usage 32%
Kana spelling is the most common and recommended form for this word.
叱しか る Usage 68%
Common kanji form, but It is usually written in kana.
呵しか る Usage <1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.
𠮟しか る
Variant kanji form; rarely used.
Etymology The origin is uncertain, but it may be related to the classical verb 叱る (shikaru), which has been used with the same meaning since the Heian period.
N2
叱る means to scold or reprimand with a corrective intent, while 罵る is purely abusive shouting with no constructive purpose.
叱る is the everyday word for scolding someone, as between parent and child, while 戒める carries a more principled or moral sense of admonishment.
叱る is the plain, general verb for scolding, while 絞る (often passive, as in 油を絞られる) implies a particularly severe dressing-down.
