► 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:
- やたらと道徳を説く奴に限って不道徳だと思って間違いない ⇨ You are correct to assume that those who preach morals turn out to be immoral themselves
- 彼の行動は道徳に反している ⇨ His behavior goes against morals
- 日本人は自虐的な自己批判を美徳と考える傾向にある ⇨ Japanese tend to regard self-torturing self criticism as a virtue
- 道徳の頽廃した社会 ⇨ Morally degenerate society
- 忍耐は日本では最大の美徳だ ⇨ Perseverance is the greatest virtue in Japan
- 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
- 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
- 徳川家の子孫 ⇨ The descendants of Tokugawa family
- 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
- 悪徳政治家 ⇨ An immoral, corrupt, politician
- 徳川幕府 ⇨ The Tokugawa shogun regime
- 幾ら合法でも不道徳なことに変わりはない ⇨ Even if it is legal it still is immoral
- 道徳に反する行為 ⇨ An act that goes against the moral
- 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
- 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