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諭す

さとす

to admonish, to persuade gently

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Examples

  1. 子どもを優しく諭した。

    こどもをやさしくさとした。

    I gently admonished the child.

  2. 先生は生徒に二度と繰り返すなと諭した。

    せんせいはせいとににどとくりかえすなとさとした。

    The teacher counselled the student never to do it again.

  3. 父は声を荒らげず、静かに私を諭した。

    ちちはこえをあららげず、しずかにわたしをさとした。

    My father did not raise his voice; he talked me round quietly.

Common patterns

優しく諭す
to admonish gently
諭すように話す
to speak in a coaxing, instructive tone
言い聞かせるように諭す
to reason with someone patiently

Memory tip

諭す is correcting someone by making them understand, always downward from senior to junior, never the other way. Contrast 叱る, which is scolding: 諭す lowers the voice rather than raising it.

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