Meaning
戒め (いましめ, imashime) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “caution; commandment”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 12
子供たちは父からの戒めを固く守っていた
The children strictly obeyed their father's admonitions.
これを戒めとしなさい。
Let this be an example to you.
彼は息子の怠惰さを戒めた。
He admonished his son for being lazy.
彼は子供たちの浪費を戒めた
He warned the children against waste.
その記事は再軍備の危険を戒める警告を表明していた.
The article struck a note of warning about the dangers of rearmament.
彼の言葉は浮ついた私を戒めるまさに頂門の一針だった.
His words were exactly the timely admonition I needed in my frivolity.
侍は治兵衛の無礼を戒める為に治兵衛の手首を格子に括り付けてしまう。
In order to caution Jihe's rudeness, samurai bound Jihe's wrists to a lattice.
政務を拒否し遊び惚けた宗麟を立花道雪が戒めたという逸話も残っている。
There is a story that Dosetsu TACHIBANA warned Sorin about rejecting government affairs by indulging in frivolity.
放生会（ほうじょうえ）とは、捕獲した魚や鳥獣を野に放し、殺生を戒める宗教儀式である。
Hojoe is a religious ritual in which captive animals are released into the wild to admonish against the taking of life.
色欲を戒める意味をもたせて上演されたが、その所作は見物の爆笑をさそったと想像される。
It is considered to have been performed to warn for the human nature with lust, but the performers' action would have set the audience burst into laughter.
満江は助六に破れやすい紙子の衣を着せて、激しい喧嘩を戒めると十郎とともに帰ってゆく。
Manko puts a paper kimono on Sukeroku and warns him against having big fights, and returns home with Juro.
ここは（仏教の修行のための）寺なので、その修行を妨げることは何事も禁じ戒めるものである。
Because this is a temple (for Buddhist training), nothing is to obstruct training in the religion.