► 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:
- 彼の行動は道徳に反している ⇨ His behavior goes against morals
- 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
- 徳川家康の伝記 ⇨ A biography of Ieyasu Tokugawa
- それは道徳上は問題があっても法律上は問題にならない ⇨ That may be problematic morally, but not legally
- 江戸幕府将軍徳川家康 ⇨ The Edo regime shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa
- 徳川幕府 ⇨ The Tokugawa shogun regime
- 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
- 最近道徳の乱れが激しい ⇨ The morals have been in a steep decline lately
- 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
- 彼のような人間が道徳を説くなど笑止千万だ ⇨ It is beyond ludicrous for somebody like him to preach moral
- 彼は道徳と欲望の間で苦悶した ⇨ He struggled between morals and desire
- 道徳に悖った行動 ⇨ Actions that go against the moral
- 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
- 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
- 徳仁は2019年に天皇に即位した ⇨ Naruhito became an emperor in 2019