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to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
母は弟のいたずらを呵った。
Mother scolded my younger brother for his prank.
部下をしかる声が聞こえた。
I heard the sound of a subordinate being reprimanded.
先生が廊下で生徒を呵っている。
The teacher is scolding a student in the hallway.