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教訓的 (きょうくんてき) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

教きょう訓くん的てき

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Meanings

1

instructive; didactic

Describes something that teaches a lesson or moral, often with a slightly formal or literary tone.

この話はなしはとても教きょう訓くん的てきだ。
This story is very instructive.

彼かれのスピーチは教きょう訓くん的てきな内ない容ようだった。

His speech had a didactic content.

Kanji

教teach, faith, doctrine
訓instruction, Japanese character reading, explanation
的bull's eye, mark, target

Related words

教きょう育いく的てき
教育的 describes something that teaches in a general, positive way, while 教訓的 emphasizes a moral lesson or admonition being conveyed.

Built from

教きょう訓くん+的てき

Etymology

教訓 (lesson, moral) + 的 (-like, -ish). The derivation is straightforward; the exact historical origin of 教訓 is uncertain but it is a Sino-Japanese compound.