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(idiomatic) The compassionate use of stringent disciplinary measures, to attempt to improve someone's behavior.

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tough love

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(idiomatic) The compassionate use of stringent disciplinary measures, to attempt to improve someone's behavior.

Japanese Meaning

厳しさと愛情を併せ持ち、相手の行動改善を意図して厳格な懲戒措置を用いる教育やしつけの方法

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After weeks of excuses, her parents finally resorted to tough love to make her take responsibility for her actions.

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何週間も言い訳をしていた彼女に対して、両親はついに愛のムチを使って行動に責任を持たせようとした。

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(idiomatic) The compassionate use of stringent disciplinary measures, to attempt to improve someone's behavior.

[H]e found himself surrounded by a circle of caring friends and relatives who told him one by one that they loved him but could not continue to live with him or be his friend the way he was. As one of his closest friends recalled, it was a show of tough love.

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