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言い聞かせる · ichidan verb

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	言いい聞きかせる	言いい聞きかせない
Polite	言いい聞きかせます	言いい聞きかせません
Past polite	言いい聞きかせました	言いい聞きかせませんでした
Past	言いい聞きかせた	言いい聞きかせなかった
Te-form	言いい聞きかせて	言いい聞きかせないで
Desire	言いい聞きかせたい	言いい聞きかせたくない
Potential	言いい聞きかせられるalso 言いい聞きかせれる	言いい聞きかせられないalso 言いい聞きかせれない
Passive	言いい聞きかせられる	言いい聞きかせられない
Causative	言いい聞きかせさせる	言いい聞きかせさせない
Causative passive	言いい聞きかせさせられる	言いい聞きかせさせられない
Volitional	言いい聞きかせよう
Polite volitional	言いい聞きかせましょう
Imperative	言いい聞きかせろ	言いい聞きかせるな
Conditional	言いい聞きかせれば	言いい聞きかせなければ
Tara conditional	言いい聞きかせたら	言いい聞きかせなかったら

Meanings

ichidan verb, transitive verb

tell; explain; persuade; admonish

To explain something carefully to someone, often with the intention of making them understand, accept, or change their behavior. Can range from gentle persuasion to firm admonishment.

子こ供どもに危き険けんな場ば所しょには近ちかづかないように言いい聞きかせた。
I told my child not to go near dangerous places.
彼かれは友とも達だちに留りゅう学がくの利り点てんを言いい聞きかせて、一いっ緒しょに行いくよう説せっ得とくした。
He explained the benefits of studying abroad to his friend and persuaded him to go together.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉に〈事こと〉を言いい聞きかせるto explain/tell something to someone (to make them understand or behave)
母ははは子こ供どもに嘘うそをついてはいけないと言いい聞きかせた。
The mother told her child that they must not tell lies.
自じ分ぶんに言いい聞きかせるto tell oneself something (to reassure or convince oneself)
大だい丈じょう夫ぶだと自じ分ぶんに言いい聞きかせた。
I told myself that everything would be okay.
〈人ひと〉に〈動どう詞し〉ように言いい聞きかせるto tell/instruct someone to do something
弟おとうとに早はやく寝ねるように言いい聞きかせた。
I told my little brother to go to bed early.

Kanji

言say, word
聞hear, ask, listen

Related words

説せっ得とくN2
説得する focuses on logical persuasion to change someone's mind, while 言い聞かせる emphasizes patient explanation, often with emotional or moral weight.
諭さとす
諭す is a slightly literary word for giving wise, moral guidance, while 言い聞かせる is the more everyday word for patiently explaining something so someone accepts it.
注ちゅう意いN4
注意する is a general warning or caution, often about immediate danger or mistakes; 言い聞かせる implies a deeper, more instructive approach.
聞きかすN1
言い聞かせる specifically means to reason with or admonish someone so they understand, overlapping with the 言って聞かす pattern of 聞かす.

Don't confuse with

聞きかせる
聞かせる just means to let someone hear something (like a story or song), while 言い聞かせる specifically means to explain or persuade so the listener understands and accepts.
言いいつけるN2
言い聞かせる means to explain or reason with someone to persuade them, whereas 言いつける means to order someone or to tell on someone, so learners should not confuse the two despite the similar 言い〜 form.
言いい渡わたす
言い聞かせる means to persuade or admonish someone gently, unlike 言い渡す, which is a one-sided, formal pronouncement of a decision.

Built from

言いう+聞きかせる

Written forms

言いい聞きかせるUsage76%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
言いいきかせるUsage13%
Mixed kana spelling; sometimes used for readability or when the second kanji is less familiar.
いいきかせるUsage11%
言いい聞きかせる
Abbreviated kanji form; less common and may be seen in older texts.

Etymology

Compound of 言い (continuative form of 言う 'to say') + 聞かせる (causative of 聞く 'to listen'), literally 'to make someone listen to what one says'.