善 – vocab dash

善ぜん

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Meanings

Noun

1. good; goodness; right; virtue

Kanji used

Pitch accent

ぜん

Used in vocabulary

friend who guides one to Buddhism through teaching

Noun

friend who guides one to Buddhism through teaching

Noun

doing a good deed each day; doing one good turn a day

Noun

remedial measure; settlement (of matters); dealing with the aftermath

Noun

remedial measure; measure to settle matters satisfactorily

Noun

pious woman; female believer

Noun

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競きょう争そうそれ自じ体たいは善ぜんでも悪あくでもない。

Competition is neither good nor evil in itself.

善ぜんを悪あくに変かえるのは、「疑ぎ惑わく」である。

It is "doubt" that turns good into bad.

この本ほんを角かく善ぜんで買かった。

I bought this book at Kakuzen's.

彼かれは善ぜんと悪あくの区く別べつがわからない。

He doesn't know the difference between right and wrong.

最さい善ぜんはしばしば善ぜんの敵てきである。

The best is often the enemy of the good.

美うつくしいものは必かならずしも善ぜんではない。

What is beautiful is not always good.