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咤

咤: scold

scold; shout at
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Readings

On
タ・ト
Kun
しかる

Appears only in 叱咤 (しった, scolding), often in the set phrase 叱咤激励 (urging on with stern encouragement).

Key words

叱咤しったscolding; rebuke
叱咤激励しったげきれいurging on

Example sentences

The coach shouted at the slack players at the top of his voice.

Thanks to my senior's stern encouragement, I kept going without giving up until the end.

At the general's rebuke, the exhausted soldiers took up their swords again.

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