戒める[いましめる] (imashimeru)

caution against

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Meaning

戒める (いましめる, imashimeru) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “caution against”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 9

かれ子供こどもたちの 浪費ろうひいましめた

He warned the children against waste.

かれ息子むすこ怠惰たいださを いましめた。

He admonished his son for being lazy.

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.