► 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:
- 道徳に反する行為 ⇨ 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正しくない ⇨ It is not morally correct even if it is legal
- 徳仁は2019年に天皇に即位した ⇨ Naruhito became an emperor in 2019
- 悪徳商法 ⇨ Immoral, illegal, business practice
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 彼は徳利の酒を盃に注いだ ⇨ 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
- 彼の行動は道徳に反している ⇨ His behavior goes against morals
- それは道徳上は問題があっても法律上は問題にならない ⇨ That may be problematic morally, but not legally
- 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