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): [kɯ̟ᵝɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

苦(く)言(げん) • (kugen) 

  1. 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
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Antonyms

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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