Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 折檻(せっかん) in Japanese

折檻
Kana Reading
せっかん
Romaji
sekkan
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
    Meaning
    scolding severely; chastisement; correcting; spanking (a naughty boy)
    Example sentence
    さっき、なかなか起きなかった折檻して欲しかったからでしょう Was your difficulty in getting up back then also because you wanted to be chastized I wonder?

Examples of 折檻, せっかん in a sentence



Kanji in this word

JLPT 3

7 strokes

fold, break, fracture, bend, yield, submit

On'Yomi: セツ

Kun'Yomi: お.る, おり, お.り, -お.り, お.れる

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19 strokes

pen, corral, cell, jail

On'Yomi: カン

Kun'Yomi: おり, おばしま, てすり

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