Keyword
punish and teach a lesson
Info
FrequencyTop 2000-2100
Type
Jōyō 
?
Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel Pre-2
Heisig953
Old form
Readings
(59%)
(1%)
Composed of
sign (of something)
heart
Used in vocabulary (42 in total)
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
discipline; punishment; reprimand
to chastise; to punish; to discipline
Examples (8 in total)
This will teach her a lesson.
He was eventually sentenced to five years in prison for that violent crime.
I got five years in prison.
He was sentenced to three years in jail.
The accused was condemned to ten years in prison.
Tom is now serving a 150-year prison sentence.
Bank robbery will cost you ten years in prison.
The judge sentenced him to a jail term of five years.