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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:
  • 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
  • 行動は道徳にしている ⇨ His behavior goes against morals
  • 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
  • 道徳の頽廃した社会 ⇨ Morally degenerate society
  • 忍耐日本では最大の美徳だ ⇨ Perseverance is the greatest virtue in Japan
  • 野生動物えて安易な道徳的優越感浸る人達 ⇨ People who feel shallow moral superiority by feeding wild animals
  • 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
  • 徳川家の子孫 ⇨ The descendants of Tokugawa family
  • 道徳を振りかざす、その限っ自分は不道徳だ ⇨ Moralists, that kind of people are often immoral themselves
  • 悪徳政治家 ⇨ An immoral, corrupt, politician
  • 徳川幕府 ⇨ The Tokugawa shogun regime
  • 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
  • 道徳に反す行為 ⇨ An act that goes against the moral
  • たとえ違法でないとしても道徳的に問題がある ⇨ Even if it is not illegal, it is morally problematic
  • 日本人には自虐を美徳とえるい ⇨ Many Japanese regard self-torture as a virtue