Compound verbs#9,408 most used

言い聞かせる

いいきかせる5

Pitch accent · 中高 (nakadaka)

to (try to) persuade; to advise

ITS KANJI

母親ははおやは息子むすこに言いい聞きかせようとしていた。

The mother tried to reason with her son.

「失敗しっぱいを恐おそれていては何なにもできない」と自分じぶんに言いい聞きかせる。

I tell myself that "If you are scared of mistakes then you cannot achieve anything."

from Tatoeba · small_snow

to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason

ichidan verb · transitive

TANGOYA ASKS

The dictionary gives 言い聞かせる this one meaning.

Kind複合動詞, compound verbs

Frequency#9,408 most used

Written言い聞かせる、言いきかせる、言聞かせる

Can be asked asRead, Listen, Recall, Write

Dictionary: JMdict (EDRDG), CC BY-SA 4.0 · pitch: Kanjium