"苦言" meaning in Japanese

See 苦言 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [kɯ̟ɡẽ̞ɴ] Forms: 苦言 [canonical] (ruby: (), (げん)), kugen [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|くげん}} 苦(く)言(げん) • (kugen)
  1. stern words on behalf of one who does not desire to speak
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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "kangen",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "甘言",
          "かんげん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "甘言"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "苦言",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "苦",
          "く"
        ],
        [
          "言",
          "げん"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kugen",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "くげん"
      },
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      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
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          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
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          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "roman": "kugen o teisuru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "苦言",
              "くげん"
            ],
            [
              "呈",
              "てい"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "苦言を呈する",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "stern words on behalf of one who does not desire to speak"
      ],
      "id": "en-苦言-ja-noun-g5Q6FvmA",
      "links": [
        [
          "stern",
          "stern"
        ],
        [
          "word",
          "word"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "くげん"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kɯ̟ɡẽ̞ɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "苦言"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "kangen",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "甘言",
          "かんげん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "甘言"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "苦言",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "苦",
          "く"
        ],
        [
          "言",
          "げん"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kugen",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "くげん"
      },
      "expansion": "苦(く)言(げん) • (kugen)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese nouns",
        "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Requests for translations of Japanese usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "roman": "kugen o teisuru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "苦言",
              "くげん"
            ],
            [
              "呈",
              "てい"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "苦言を呈する",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "stern words on behalf of one who does not desire to speak"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stern",
          "stern"
        ],
        [
          "word",
          "word"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "くげん"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kɯ̟ɡẽ̞ɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "苦言"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 苦言 meaning in Japanese (1.3kB)

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