Illustration: At the entrance of a Japanese home, a parent crouches to a child’s eye level and delivers a stern lecture, one hand raised with a finger emphasizing the point.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

説せっ教きょう

sekkyou

lecture, scolding

Example sentences

  1. 説教せっきょうは勘弁かんべんしてくださいよ。

    Please spare me the lecture.

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  2. 喫煙きつえんのことで父ちちにお説教せっきょうされた。

    My father lectured me for smoking.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 父ちちはたばこを吸すったといって、私わたしにお説教せっきょうをした。

    My father lectured me for smoking.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 説教

  • 説opinion; theoryOnセツ・ゼイKunとく
  • 教teach; faithOnキョウKunおしえる・おそわる

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