Vocabulary

What does 教訓 (きょうくん, kyoukun) mean?

教訓 (きょうくん, kyoukun) means lesson, moral, teaching.

Quick facts
Readingきょうくん
Romajikyoukun
Part of speechnoun, suru verb, transitive
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N1
きょうくん
N1 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonkyoukun

lesson, moral, teaching

  1. 1noun · suru verb · transitive lesson; precept; teachings

Example sentences

  • I learned a valuable lesson from this failure.

  • My grandmother's words still serve as a lesson for me even now.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

Voice: VOICEVOX Nemo.

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