訓くん戒かい

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訓戒する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	訓くん戒かいする	訓くん戒かいしない
Polite	訓くん戒かいします	訓くん戒かいしません
Past polite	訓くん戒かいしました	訓くん戒かいしませんでした
Past	訓くん戒かいした	訓くん戒かいしなかった
Te-form	訓くん戒かいして	訓くん戒かいしないで
Desire	訓くん戒かいしたい	訓くん戒かいしたくない
Potential	訓くん戒かいできる	訓くん戒かいできない
Passive	訓くん戒かいされる	訓くん戒かいされない
Causative	訓くん戒かいさせる	訓くん戒かいさせない
Causative passive	訓くん戒かいさせられる	訓くん戒かいさせられない
Volitional	訓くん戒かいしよう
Polite volitional	訓くん戒かいしましょう
Imperative	訓くん戒かいしろ	訓くん戒かいするな
Conditional	訓くん戒かいすれば	訓くん戒かいしなければ
Tara conditional	訓くん戒かいしたら	訓くん戒かいしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

admonition; warning; reprimand

Formal word for warning or admonishing someone, often by a superior, school, workplace, or authority. As 訓戒する, it takes the person being admonished as the object.

校こう長ちょうは校こう則そくを破やぶった生せい徒とを訓くん戒かいした。
The principal admonished the student who broke the school rules.
彼かれは会かい社しゃから訓くん戒かいを受うけた。
He received a warning from the company.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

admonitory lesson; warning maxim; phrase teaching what not to do

Also refers to the content of an admonition: a lesson, saying, or phrase meant to warn someone against bad behavior. This use is somewhat written or formal.

「人ひとをだましてはいけない」という父ちちの訓くん戒かいを、彼かれは忘わすれなかった。
He never forgot his father's admonition: "You must not deceive people."

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉を訓くん戒かいするto admonish/reprimand someone
校こう長ちょうは問もん題だいを起おこした生せい徒とを訓くん戒かいした。
The principal admonished the student who had caused trouble.
訓くん戒かいを受うけるto receive an admonition/reprimand
彼かれは上じょう司しから厳きびしい訓くん戒かいを受うけた。
He received a stern reprimand from his boss.
訓くん戒かいを与あたえるto give someone a warning/admonition
会かい社しゃは社しゃ員いんに訓くん戒かいを与あたえて処しょ分ぶんを軽かるくした。
The company issued the employee an admonition and reduced the disciplinary action.
訓くん戒かいに従したがうto heed an admonitory lesson/maxim
祖そ父ふの訓くん戒かいに従したがって、無む駄だ遣づかいをしないようにしている。
Following my grandfather's admonition, I try not to waste money.

Kanji

訓instruction, Japanese character reading, explanation
戒commandment
誡admonish, warn, prohibit

Related words

注ちゅう意いN4sense 1
注意 is a broad, everyday word for caution or a mild warning, while 訓戒 is a formal, often official admonition from a superior or authority.
警けい告こくN3sense 1
警告 stresses warning someone of danger or consequences, while 訓戒 stresses moral or disciplinary correction of behavior.
戒いましめN1
戒め is a native Japanese word for a moral lesson or caution, often more literary, while 訓戒 is a formal Sino-Japanese noun and suru-verb.
教きょう訓くんN1
訓戒 is a formal admonition or reprimand typically given by an authority figure, while 教訓 is simply the lesson one draws from an experience, with no implication of scolding.

Don't confuse with

訓くん告こく sense 1
訓告 looks and sounds similar to 訓戒 but refers specifically to an official reprimand issued through formal administrative or disciplinary procedure, whereas 訓戒 is broader and can be a spoken admonition.
懲ちょう戒かい sense 1
懲戒 shares the kanji 戒 with 訓戒 but means disciplinary punishment or sanction, while 訓戒 is a verbal warning or admonition without formal punishment.

Built from

訓くん+戒かい

Written forms

訓くん戒かいUsage94%
Standard spelling, with high priority; used for formal admonition or an official warning.
訓くん誡かいUsage6%
Alternative spelling with 誡; much less common than 訓戒 but attested.

Etymology

A Sino-Japanese compound written with 訓, associated with instruction or admonition, and 戒, associated with warning or caution. The variant 訓誡 uses 誡, another character meaning to admonish or warn.