► 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:
- それは違法でなくても道徳的に認められない ⇨ It may not be illegal, but is morally unacceptable
- アジアでは親に逆らうことは道徳に反するとされる ⇨ In Asia disobeying one’s parents is considered against the morals
- 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
- 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
- 彼は徳利の酒を盃に注いだ ⇨ He poured sake into his cup from the tokkuri
- 徳用たくあん ⇨ An economy-sized, bulk, radish pickles
- 悪徳商法 ⇨ Immoral, illegal, business practice
- 徳川家康の伝記 ⇨ A biography of Ieyasu Tokugawa
- 道徳の頽廃した社会 ⇨ Morally degenerate society
- 日本では謙遜が最大の美徳の一つだ ⇨ In Japan modesty is one of the most important virtues
- 徳川幕府 ⇨ The Tokugawa shogun regime
- 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
- 忍耐は日本では最大の美徳だ ⇨ Perseverance is the greatest virtue in Japan
- 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