► 名詞
徳 [(2)とく] [liter] meaning: benefit rank: 3
☆ 早起きは三文の徳 ⇨ Waking early gets you three Mons. Early bird gets the worm (☛ A proverb. Mon is an old currency unit worth about 50 cents today)
徳 [(2)とく] [liter] meaning: virtue rank: 3
☆ 徳のある人 ⇨ A person of virtue
More examples:
- 日本人には自虐を美徳と考える人が多い ⇨ Many Japanese regard self-torture as a virtue
- 野生動物に餌を与えて安易な道徳的優越感に浸る人達 ⇨ People who feel shallow moral superiority by feeding wild animals
- あいつが人に道徳を説くとは傑作だ ⇨ It is hilarious that he preaches morals to others
- 悪徳政治家 ⇨ An immoral, corrupt, politician
- 悪徳商法 ⇨ Immoral, illegal, business practice
- たとえ違法でないとしても道徳的に問題がある ⇨ Even if it is not illegal, it is morally problematic
- 徳川幕府 ⇨ The Tokugawa shogun regime
- 彼は道徳と欲望の間で苦悶した ⇨ He struggled between morals and desire
- 徳用たくあん ⇨ An economy-sized, bulk, radish pickles
- 忍耐は日本では最大の美徳だ ⇨ Perseverance is the greatest virtue in Japan
- 彼の行動は道徳に反している ⇨ His behavior goes against morals
- 彼は徳利の酒を盃に注いだ ⇨ He poured sake into his cup from the tokkuri
- それはたとえ合法であるとしても道徳的に正しくない ⇨ It is not morally correct even if it is legal
- 道徳を振りかざす、その手の奴に限って自分は不道徳だ ⇨ Moralists, that kind of people are often immoral themselves
- 江戸幕府将軍徳川家康 ⇨ The Edo regime shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa