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    3. 善

    善

    善ぜん

    good

    N3KMT5News #5+1CoreNounReligion & PhilosophyEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab12 strokes

    ぜん

    Noun

    1.
    good, goodness, right, virtue

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    善ぜんを行おこなうことは大たい切せつだ。

    Doing good is important.

    KMT4Emotions & PsychologyCore Concepts
    彼かれは善ぜんと悪あくの区く別べつがつく人ひとだ。

    He is a person who can distinguish between good and evil.

    KMT5Emotions & PsychologyCore Concepts
    人にん間げんは生うまれながらにして善ぜんであるという考かんがえ方かたもある。

    There is also a way of thinking that humans are inherently good.

    KMT5Emotions & PsychologyReligion & Philosophy
    彼かれの行こう動どうは、個こ人じんの利り益えきよりも公こう共きょうの善ぜんを優ゆう先せんしたものだった。

    His actions prioritized the public good over personal gain.

    KMT6Emotions & PsychologyPolitics & Law
    仏ぶっ教きょうでは、善ぜん行こうを積つむことが悟さとりへの道みちとされている。

    In Buddhism, accumulating good deeds is considered the path to enlightenment.

    KMT6Religion & Philosophy

    Kanji that make up this word

    善
    よ.い・い.い・よ.く・よし.とする…(3)
    virtuous・good・goodness
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