苦言 (くげん) — candid advice, frank advice, honest opinion | MojiMori

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苦く言げん candid advice

Grade 3 2 characters 漢語 kango 漢語 (kango) — Sino-Japanese compound: all kanji use on'yomi (Chinese-derived) readings. noun

kugen

くげん

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Meanings

candid advice
frank advice
honest opinion
exhortation
harsh but honest advice

Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

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苦(く)労(ろう) kurou hardship 苦(にが)手(て) nigate weak point 苦(くる)しい kurushii painful 苦(くる)しむ kurushimu to suffer 苦(く)笑(しょう) kushou bitter smile 苦(く)痛(つう) kutsuu pain 苦(くる)しみ kurushimi suffering 苦(く)情(じょう) kujou complaint

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Words with 言 (24)

言(い)う iu to say 言(ゆ)う yuu to say 言(こと)葉(ば) kotoba word 言(い)える ieru to be able to say 発(はつ)言(げん) hatsugen remark 一(ひと)言(こと) hitokoto single word 宣(せん)言(げん) sengen declaration 言(げん)語(ご) gengo language

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