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小言

こごと

Readings

こごと

Meanings

  1. 1.
    nscolding; telling-off; rebuke; lecture
  2. 2.
    ncomplaint; grumbling; fault-finding

Kanji breakdown

N23 strokesGrade 1
N27 strokesGrade 2

Example sentences

私が他の子供たちに言った小言はお前には当てはまらないよ。

The scolding I gave to the other children doesn't apply to you.

奥さんのがみがみ小言にフレッドさんは大弱りの体であった。

Fred was very troubled by his wife's nagging.

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小言こごと

scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding

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