善悪 – vocab dash

善ぜん悪あく

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Meanings

Noun

1. right and wrong; good and evil

Kanji used

Pitch accent

ぜんあく

Used in vocabulary

right and wrong; right or wrong

Noun

rights and wrongs; the relative merits (of a case); propriety

Noun

good and evil are but two faces of the same coin

Expression

good and evil dualism; Manicheanism

Noun

Nihon Ryōiki (Heian-period collection of Buddhist stories)

Noun

Examples13

赤あかん坊ぼうは善ぜん悪あくについて何なにも知しらない。

A baby does not know good or evil.

君きみは善ぜん悪あくの判はん断だんができないのか。

Can't you tell right from wrong?

人ひとは善ぜん悪あくの友ともによる。

A man is known by the company he keeps.

私わたしにだって善ぜん悪あくに区く別べつはつく。

I can make a distinction between good and bad.

赤あかん坊ぼうには善ぜん悪あくが認にん識しき出で来きない。

A baby has no knowledge of good and evil.

彼かれは善ぜん悪あくを区く別べつ出で来きないほど馬ば鹿かではない。

He is not so stupid as to be unable to tell right from wrong.