訓戒

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 訓戒 is read as くんかい and is a noun for an admonition or moral lesson intended to correct conduct.
• Basic usage: Remembering a grandfather’s admonition appears in 祖父の訓戒を思い出す, while giving a disciple a brief admonition appears in 弟子に訓戒を与える.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Recipient of an admonition
  • The recipient takes に and the admonition takes を in 弟子に訓戒を与える.
• Difference from 助言
  • Unlike advice offering a helpful suggestion, this term has a sterner, corrective character intended as a lesson.