苦言
Japanese
Kanji in this term
苦
言
く
Grade: 3
げん
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Pronunciation
(
Tokyo
)
く
げん
[kùgéń]
(
Heiban
– [0])
[
1
]
IPA
(key)
:
[kɯ̟ɡẽ̞ɴ]
Noun
苦
(
く
)
言
(
げん
)
• (
kugen
)
stern
words
on behalf of one who does not desire to speak
苦言
(
くげん
)
を
呈
(
てい
)
する
kugen
o teisuru
(please add an English translation of this example)
Antonyms
甘言
(
かんげん
)
(
kangen
)
References
^
Matsumura, Akira
, editor (
2006
),
大辞林
[
Daijirin
] (in Japanese), Third edition,
Tokyo
:
Sanseidō
,
→ISBN