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詰る (なじる): to rebuke, to scold, to tell off — Japanese vocabulary

詰る is read なじる and means "to rebuke, to scold, to tell off". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

詰る

Reading
なじる · najiru
Translation
to rebuke, to scold, to tell off
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
なじるが

Example

世の中をなじる者は世の中からなじられる。

よのなかをなじるものはよのなかからなじられる。

He who rebukes the world is rebuked by the world.

Kanji in this word

  • 詰 — pack, accuse

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