訓告|くんこくkunkoku[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verbreprimand; admonition
Conjugation
Dictionary form訓告する(くんこくする)
Polite (masu)訓告します(くんこくします)
Negative (nai)訓告しない(くんこくしない)
polite (masen)訓告しません(くんこくしません)
classical zu / nu訓告せず・訓告せぬ(くんこくせず・くんこくせぬ)
Past (ta)訓告した(くんこくした)
polite (mashita)訓告しました(くんこくしました)
Past negative (nakatta)訓告しなかった(くんこくしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)訓告しませんでした(くんこくしませんでした)
Te form訓告して(くんこくして)
Potential訓告できる(くんこくできる)
Passive訓告される(くんこくされる)
Causative訓告させる(くんこくさせる)
Causative passive訓告させられる(くんこくさせられる)
Conditional (ba)訓告すれば(くんこくすれば)
tara訓告したら(くんこくしたら)
Volitional訓告しよう(くんこくしよう)
polite (mashou)訓告しましょう(くんこくしましょう)
Imperative訓告しろ(くんこくしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym警告けいこくNeutralNeutral. 「警告」 is an advance warning to keep something bad from happening, as in 「警告を発する」; 「訓告」 is typically a formal reprimand issued by an organization to its members.
  • Related戒めるいましめるWrittenWritten/formal prose. 「戒める」 admonishes a person so they will not go wrong; 「訓告」 also covers a light disciplinary measure for civil servants etc., lighter than 「戒告」.
  • Antonym褒賞ほうしょうFormalFormal. 「褒賞」 is a prize or money awarded for outstanding deeds or work — the opposite of the reprimand 「訓告」 refers to.
  • Antonym表彰ひょうしょうNeutralNeutral. 「表彰」 is publicly commending someone's achievements or good deeds — the opposite of 「訓告」 as a disciplinary measure.

For an ordinary warning, use 「警告」. 「訓告」 is an admonition or reprimand, and also the light disciplinary measure given to civil servants, teachers and the like — heavier than 「注意」, lighter than 「戒告」. To praise good deeds, use 「表彰」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 教おしえ、告つげること。
  2. 処分しょぶんのひとつで、注意ちゅういより重おもく戒告かいこくより軽かるいもの。
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