懲
懲

penal, chastise, punish, discipline

18 strokesFrequency 1,303JLPT N1Grade 8

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こ.りるこ.らすこ.らしめる

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懲りるこりるIntransitiveIchidan verbFreq #7664
1

to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way

Examples
これで彼女も懲りるだろう。
This will teach her a lesson.
2

to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)

懲罰ちょうばつNoun～の Adj.Transitive～する VerbFreq #21331
1

discipline; punishment; reprimand

Examples
シンガポールでは罪人を懲罰する方法としてむち打ちがある。
In Singapore, one way to punish a criminal is to whip him or her.
懲らしめるこらしめる懲しめるTransitiveIchidan verbFreq #24865
1

to chastise; to punish; to discipline

Examples
彼は迫害者を懲らしめて人民たちのあだを討つだろう。
He will avenge the people on their oppressor.
懲役ちょうえきNounFreq #27281
1

penal servitude; imprisonment with hard labor (hard labour)

Examples
彼は懲役十年で、女房には三年の刑が下った。
He was given ten years and his wife three.
こりごり懲り懲りUsually kanaFreq #27993
1

Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

having had enough (of); fed up (with); sick and tired (of)

Examples
こんなきつい仕事はこりごりだ。
I can't stand an awful sweat like this.
2

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Adverb (fukushi)

to learn one's lesson; to learn from a bad experience

性懲りもないしょうこりもない～い Adj.ExpressionFreq #31280
1

Usu. 〜もなく

incorrigible; dogged

懲戒ちょうかいNounTransitive～する VerbFreq #52133
1

discipline; punishment; reprimand

懲戒免職ちょうかいめんしょくNounFreq #55719
1

disciplinary dismissal (discharge)

勧善懲悪かんぜんちょうあくNoun四字熟語Freq #59956
1

rewarding good and punishing evil; poetic justice

Examples
このドラマは単純な勧善懲悪もので、今一つ深みに欠けて物足りない。
This drama is missing something. All it is is a simple cautionary tale with no real depth.
無期懲役むきちょうえきNounFreq #65238
1

life imprisonment; imprisonment for life; indefinite imprisonment

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