苦言

Meaning

1. n
   candid advice; frank advice; honest opinion; exhortation; harsh but honest advice

Example sentences

• 一言苦言を呈したい。

  Let me give you a piece of advice.

• 昔気質な祖父が近ごろの女子の服装について苦言を呈しています。

  My old-fashioned grandfather complains about the way girls are dressed nowadays.

• 鳴り物入りで加入したスター選手が自由奔放すぎて、監督から苦言を呈された。

  The new star player, who joined with much fanfare, was behaving with such abandon that he was admonished by the coach.