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► 名詞
  [(2)とく]  [liter]    meaning:  benefit  rank: 3
☆ 早起きは三の徳 ⇨ Waking early gets you three Mons. Early bird gets the worm  (☛ A proverb. Mon is an old currency unit worth about 50 cents today)

  [(2)とく]  [liter]    meaning:  virtue  rank: 3
☆ 徳のある ⇨ A person of virtue


More examples:
  • 道徳に反す行為 ⇨ An act that goes against the moral
  • 悪徳政治家 ⇨ An immoral, corrupt, politician
  • それはたとえ合法であるとしても道徳的にしくない ⇨ It is not morally correct even if it is legal
  • 徳仁は2019天皇即位した ⇨ Naruhito became an emperor in 2019
  • 悪徳商法 ⇨ Immoral, illegal, business practice
  • 合法でも不道徳なことにわりはない ⇨ Even if it is legal it still is immoral
  • 日本人自虐的自己批判を美徳とえる傾向にある ⇨ Japanese tend to regard self-torturing self criticism as a virtue
  • 日本では謙遜最大の美徳の一つだ ⇨ In Japan modesty is one of the most important virtues
  • やたらと道徳を限って不道徳だと思っ間違いない ⇨ You are correct to assume that those who preach morals turn out to be immoral themselves
  • は徳利のいだ ⇨ He poured sake into his cup from the tokkuri
  • 江戸幕府将軍徳川家康 ⇨ The Edo regime shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa
  • 徳用たくあん ⇨ An economy-sized, bulk, radish pickles
  • 行動は道徳にしている ⇨ His behavior goes against morals
  • それは道徳上は問題があっても法律上問題にならない ⇨ That may be problematic morally, but not legally
  • アジアでは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