Keyword
virtue
Info
FrequencyTop 1500-1600
Type
Kyōiku (4th grade) 
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Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 7
Heisig950
Old form
Readings
とく
(94%)
どく
(1%)
Composed of
stand still
ten
small net
heart
Used in vocabulary (184 in total)
virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit
vice; immorality; corruption
corruption; immorality; lapse from virtue; fall from virtue
sense of guilty pleasure; feeling of naughtiness
natural virtue; personal virtue
sake bottle; tall and slender bottle with a narrow mouth made from ceramic, metal or glass that can be used for sake, shoyu or rice vinegar; turtleneck (sweater); non-swimmer; person who cannot swim
lack of virtue; immorality; vice; depravity; unworthiness
the House of Tokugawa; the Tokugawas
immorality; iniquity; impropriety
merit; virtuous deed; divine reward (for virtuous deeds); grace (of the buddhas and gods); merit; meritum
Tokushima (city, prefecture)
Tokugawa shogunate (i.e. the Edo shogunate, 1603-1867)
economical; bargain; good value; good-value
undesirable state brought about by (my) lack of virtue; feeling morally responsible; mea culpa
Tokushima prefecture (Shikoku)
great virtue; virtuous priest; priest; rich person
eminent virtue
Tokugawa period (i.e. the Edo period, 1603-1867)
virtuous; respectable
economical; economy size; family size (esp. of packaged food)
sense of morality; moral sense
morally; from the moral point of view
benevolent rule; moratorium on debts
virtue and influence; virtue and authority
virtuous; rich
virtuous act or deeds; goodness
the five virtues; tripod; three or four-legged kettle stand; family crest in the shape of such an object
benevolence; goodness
morals; morality; sincerity
unscrupulous business practices; fraudulent business practices; crooked business practices
early-modern men's jacket resembling a haori; ten virtues; many merits
virtuous person
Eitoku era (of the Northern Court) (1381.2.24-1384.2.27)
Shōtoku era (1711.4.25-1716.6.22)
moral character or consciousness
imperial virtue; heavenly virtue; greatest virtue; highest virtue
bottle used for warming sake
divine virtues
moral influence
Gentoku era (1329.8.29-1331.8.9)
strong, immovable sense of morality; high moral character; chastity; virtue
to accumulate merit; to make merit
virtue gained by practising Buddhism
(types of) virtue
Tokuji era (1306.12.14-1308.10.9)
Tentoku era (957.10.27-961.2.16)
fortune; happiness and prosperity
shyster; pettifogger; unscrupulous lawyer; crooked lawyer
multipurpose knife; Swiss Army knife
virtue; Meitoku era (of the Northern Court) (1390.3.26-1392.10.5); Meitoku era (of reunified Japan) (1392.10.5-1394.7.5)
immorality; dishonesty
martial arts
benefit from ancestors' virtue
repayment of someone's kindness; showing one's gratitude; moral requital
womanly virtues
knowledge and virtue
moral education
influence of great virtue; influence of ancestors
public morality; social morals; civic virtues
various virtues; all kinds of virtues; many virtuous priests
woman's virtues
three primary virtues: valour, wisdom and benevolence (valor)
grace; blessing; compassion
secret charity
learning and virtue
economical; bargain; good value; good-value
emperor's virtue
splendid virtue
Kentoku era (of the Southern Court) (1370.7.24-1372.4.?)
knowledge and virtue
intelligence and virtue
Chōtoku era (995.2.22-999.1.13)
corruption; immorality; lapse from virtue; fall from virtue
Hōtoku era (1449.7.28-1452.7.25)
goddess of (lucky) directions
Sklavenmoral (slave morality, as a philosophical concept of Nietzsche)
the eight virtues
Yamantaka Vidya-raja; conqueror of Death
virtueless; (arch.) poor
moral influence
4 bales on the edge of the ring set slightly back
Kyōtoku era (1452.7.25-1455.7.25)
uprising demanding debt cancellation orders (Muromachi period)
Jōtoku era (1097.11.21-1099.8.28); Shōtoku era
of strict morals (moral principles); highly moral
Herrenmoral (master morality, as a philosophical concept of Nietzsche)
undesirable state brought about by (my) lack of virtue; feeling morally responsible; mea culpa
all-purpose kitchen knife; santoku knife
crook; swindler
humanity and justice; benevolence and righteousness
virtues of Buddha
Tao Te Ching (classic Chinese text by Lao Tzu); Daodejing
being perfectly happy and prosperous; wealth and happiness
principle of virtuous government; virtue as the principle of good government
to practice virtue; to practise virtue
charity; caritas
emperor's virtue
blessing; grace
Montoku Jitsuroku (fifth of the six classical Japanese history texts)
personal morals; personal virtues
practical ethics (morality)
economical product; economy-sized goods
public praise; making another's virtues well-known
moral sense; sense of morality
argument from morality (for the existence of God)
Kantoku era (1044.11.24-1046.4.14)
the virtuous man will not long remain lonely
great virtue; outstanding virtue
Ōtoku era (1084.2.7-1087.4.7)
Nihon Montoku Tennō Jitsuroku (fifth of the six classical Japanese history texts)
Entoku era (1489.8.21-1492.7.19)
building on the greater palace grounds used by the emperor for viewing horse racing, horseback archery, etc.; martial arts practice hall at Heian Shrine (est. in 1895 by the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai, now defunct)
profit; gains; (one's) share; portion; (arch.) earnings from land tax (feudal Japan)
monument (commemorating a virtuous deed)
bargain; good buy; budget
bargain; good buy; budget
Tao Te Ching (classic Chinese text by Lao Tzu); Daodejing
potter wasp (esp. species Eumenes mikado)
virtuous government; government founded on good morals
great virtue; outstanding virtue
double standard of morality
national morality
conventional morality; conventional morals
having both (wide) knowledge and (high) virtue
having both (wide) knowledge and (high) virtue
the unity of knowledge and virtue
moral decadence (decline, corruption)
Shitoku era (of the Northern Court) (1384.2.27-1387.8.23)
two-handed head twist down
one's talent and virtue; noble character
debt cancellation order issued by the Emperor or the Shogun (during the Muromachi and Kamakura periods)
wondrous virtue; miraculous virtue
one's accumulated merit; (lit.) treasure house of merit; Amithaba (Buddha)
virtuous priest; priest
great virtues extinguish small grudges
Tokushige Station
Tokuda Station (Mie)
bottle palm (Hyophorbe lagenicaulis)
elephant's foot (Beaucarnea recurvata); ponytail palm
Examples (33 in total)
He is a man of virtue.
The only reward of virtue is virtue.
Compassion is the basis of all morality.