諭ゆ旨し

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Meanings

official suggestion; official advice; official instruction

Formal term used in workplace or organizational contexts, often implying a strong recommendation to resign or take a specific action. The nuance is more authoritative than a casual suggestion.

彼かれは不ふ正せいの責せき任にんを取とって諭ゆ旨し退たい職しょくした。
He took responsibility for the misconduct and resigned at the company's suggestion.
上じょう司しから諭ゆ旨しを受うけて、進しん路ろを変かえることにした。
After receiving official advice from my boss, I decided to change my career path.

Kanji

諭rebuke, admonish, charge
旨delicious, relish, show a liking for

Related words

勧かん告こく
勧告 is a broader term for recommendation or advice, not necessarily tied to resignation or official workplace instruction. 諭旨 is more specific to formal, often employer-driven suggestions.
退たい職しょく勧かん奨しょう
退職勧奨 explicitly means 'encouragement to resign', while 諭旨 can cover a wider range of official instructions, though resignation is a common context.

Word family

諭ゆ旨し免めん職しょく
resignation under instruction; dismissal with recommendation to resign
諭ゆ旨し解かい雇こ
resignation under instruction; advised resignation

Etymology

Compound of 諭 (さとす, 'to admonish, persuade') and 旨 (むね, 'purport, gist'), literally 'the gist of admonishment'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is used in modern formal contexts.