► 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:
- 江戸幕府将軍徳川家康 ⇨ The Edo regime shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa
- 彼の行動は道徳に反している ⇨ His behavior goes against morals
- 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
- 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
- 彼は徳利の酒を盃に注いだ ⇨ He poured sake into his cup from the tokkuri
- 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
- 徳川家康の伝記 ⇨ A biography of Ieyasu Tokugawa
- 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
- 徳川家の子孫 ⇨ The descendants of Tokugawa family
- 最近道徳の乱れが激しい ⇨ The morals have been in a steep decline lately
- 道徳に悖った行動 ⇨ Actions that go against the moral
- 徳用たくあん ⇨ An economy-sized, bulk, radish pickles
- 徳仁は2019年に天皇に即位した ⇨ Naruhito became an emperor in 2019
- 悪徳政治家 ⇨ An immoral, corrupt, politician