懲こらす

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

chastise; punish; discipline

Dated term for punishing or disciplining someone, often with a nuance of teaching a lesson. Modern Japanese more commonly uses 懲らしめる or 罰する.

See also: 懲らしめる

• 悪わるいことをした子こ供どもを懲こらすために、おじいさんは厳きびしく叱しかった。

  To discipline the child who had done wrong, the grandfather scolded him severely.

• 昔むかしの教きょう師しは、いたずらをした生せい徒とをよく懲こらしたものだ。

  Teachers in the old days would often punish students who played pranks.