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戒める · ichidan verb

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	戒いましめる	戒いましめない
Polite	戒いましめます	戒いましめません
Past polite	戒いましめました	戒いましめませんでした
Past	戒いましめた	戒いましめなかった
Te-form	戒いましめて	戒いましめないで
Desire	戒いましめたい	戒いましめたくない
Potential	戒いましめられるalso 戒いましめれる	戒いましめられないalso 戒いましめれない
Passive	戒いましめられる	戒いましめられない
Causative	戒いましめさせる	戒いましめさせない
Causative passive	戒いましめさせられる	戒いましめさせられない
Volitional	戒いましめよう
Polite volitional	戒いましめましょう
Imperative	戒いましめろ	戒いましめるな
Conditional	戒いましめれば	戒いましめなければ
Tara conditional	戒いましめたら	戒いましめなかったら

Meanings

ichidan verb, transitive verb

warn against; caution against

Used when advising someone not to do something, often with a sense of moral or practical guidance. The object is typically the action or behavior being warned against.

先せん生せいは生せい徒とに遅ち刻こくを戒いましめた。
The teacher warned the students against being late.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

admonish; scold; rebuke

Focuses on reproving someone for a fault or wrongdoing, often with a corrective intent. Stronger than a simple warning.

上じょう司しは彼かれの怠たい慢まんを厳きびしく戒いましめた。
The boss sternly admonished him for his negligence.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

prohibit; forbid; ban

Used for formally or authoritatively forbidding an action. Often found in rules, laws, or strict instructions.

校こう則そくで校こう内ないでの携けい帯たい電でん話わの使し用ようを戒いましめている。
The school rules prohibit the use of mobile phones on campus.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

be cautious (archaic); detest (archaic); punish (archaic)

archaic

Archaic senses. 'Be cautious' is an old intransitive-like use; 'detest' and 'punish' are rare historical meanings. Not used in modern Japanese.

古こ文ぶんでは「戒いましめる」が「憎にくむ」や「罰ばっする」の意いで使つかわれることがある。
In classical texts, 戒める can be used with meanings like 'to detest' or 'to punish'.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉を戒いましめるto admonish/scold someone
先せん生せいは生せい徒とたちの態たい度どを戒いましめた。
The teacher admonished the students for their attitude.
〈事こと〉を戒いましめるto warn against (doing) something
医い師しは暴ぼう飲いん暴ぼう食しょくを戒いましめた。
The doctor warned against overeating and heavy drinking.
自みずからを戒いましめるto caution oneself; to keep oneself in check
彼かれはいつも自みずからを戒いましめて謙けん虚きょに振ふる舞まう。
He always keeps himself in check and behaves modestly.
〜ないよう戒いましめるto warn (someone) not to do something
上じょう司しは無む理りをしないよう部ぶ下かを戒いましめた。
The boss warned his subordinate not to overexert himself.

Expressions

前ぜん車しゃの覆くつがえるは後こう車しゃの戒いましめlearn from others' mistakes; the toppling of the cart in front serves as a warning for the cart behind

Kanji

戒commandment
誡admonish, warn, prohibit
警admonish, commandment

Related words

警けい告こくN3sense 1
警告する is a more formal, explicit warning often used in official contexts, while 戒める is a softer, more advisory caution with a moral undertone.
しかるN4sense 2
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.
禁きん止しN3sense 3
禁止する is the standard, direct term for prohibiting something in rules or law, whereas 戒める in this sense is more literary and less common in modern speech.
諭さとす sense 2
諭す means to gently persuade or explain so someone understands why they are wrong, while 戒める more directly warns or admonishes against an action.

Don't confuse with

慎つつしむN1sense 1
慎む means to restrain oneself from doing something, while 戒める means to warn or admonish someone (including oneself) against doing it, so the two are often confused despite differing in subject and directness.

Word family

戒いましめN1
admonition; warning; lesson · prohibition; commandment; precept · caution; guard

Written forms

戒いましめるUsage77%
Standard kanji spelling for warning, admonishing, and prohibiting.
いましめるUsage20%
誡いましめるUsage3%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.
警いましめるUsage<1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.

Etymology

Derived from the verb 戒む (いましむ) in classical Japanese, which itself may be related to 忌む (いむ, 'to avoid, to detest') with a suffix. The exact derivation is uncertain.