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さとす
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, す, transitive)
1. to make (someone) understand (a fault, mistake, etc.); to reason with; to advise; to try to persuade; to exhort; to admonish; to warn (against doing)
Instead, let's gently reason with them to help them calm down.
Alt. forms
諭さとす
95%
さとす
4%
Pitch accent
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Conjugations...Used in: 168
Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
to give guidance; to explain clearly; to admonish; to preach
to give guidance; to explain clearly; to admonish; to preach
to rebuke someone (e.g. for faults)
Examples (3 in total)
Instead, let's gently reason with them to help them calm down.
I try to ask slowly, as if reasoning with them.
There's nothing else for it, so I reason with the two of them one at a time.