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    3. 勧善懲悪

    勧善懲悪

    勧かん善ぜん懲ちょう悪あく

    rewarding good and punishing evil

    KMT10News #40+1Ref L2NounCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab54 strokes

    かんぜんちょうあく

    Noun

    1.
    rewarding good and punishing evil, poetic justice
    yojijukugo

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    この物ものが語たりは勧かん善ぜん懲ちょう悪あくのテーマだ。

    This story has a theme of rewarding good and punishing evil.

    KMT7Culture & TraditionsLiterature
    歌か舞ぶ伎きや時じ代だい劇げきには、勧かん善ぜん懲ちょう悪あくのストーリーが多おおい。

    Kabuki and historical dramas often have stories of rewarding good and punishing evil.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsMusic & Entertainment
    勧かん善ぜん懲ちょう悪あくは、多おおくの日に本ほんの昔むかし話ばなしに見みられる特とく徴ちょうだ。

    Rewarding good and punishing evil is a characteristic seen in many Japanese folktales.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsLiterature
    現げん代だい社しゃ会かいでは、勧かん善ぜん懲ちょう悪あくだけでは割わり切きれない複ふく雑ざつな問もん題だいが多おおい。

    In modern society, there are many complex problems that cannot be simply resolved by rewarding good and punishing evil.

    KMT10Politics & LawEmotions & Psychology
    子こ供ども向むけの漫まん画がでは、勧かん善ぜん懲ちょう悪あくのメッセージが明めい確かくに描えがかれることが多 い。

    In manga for children, messages of rewarding good and punishing evil are often clearly depicted.

    KMT10Anime & MangaLiterature

    Kanji that make up this word

    勧
    すす.める…(2)
    persuade・recommend・advise・encourage・offer
    善
    よ.い・い.い・よ.く・よし.とする…(3)
    virtuous・good・goodness
    懲
    こ.りる・こ.らす・こ.らしめる…(1)
    penal・chastise・punish・discipline
    悪
    わる.い・わる-・あ.し・にく.い・-にく.い・ああ…(5)
    bad・vice・rascal・false・evil…(1)
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