Word Meaning 苦言
くげん
kugen
苦言 is read as くげん (kugen) and means candid advice.
Meaning
English
- candid advice
- frank advice
- honest opinion
- exhortation
- harsh but honest advice
Reading
Kana
くげん
Romaji
kugen
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3ウイルス学の専門家が政府の感染予防対策に対して苦言を呈した。
The virology expert admonished the government's infection prevention strategy.
昔気質な祖父が近ごろの女子の服装について苦言を呈しています。
My old-fashioned grandfather complains about the way girls are dressed nowadays.
鳴り物入りで加入したスター選手が自由奔放すぎて、監督から苦言を呈された。
The new star player, who joined with much fanfare, was behaving with such abandon that he was admonished by the coach.