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勧かん善ぜん懲ちょう悪あく
Meanings
Noun
Four character compound
1. rewarding good and punishing evil; poetic justice
Alt. forms
勧かん善ぜん懲ちょう悪あく
98%
かんぜんちょうあく
1%
Kanji used
勧
recommend (a course of action)
善
morally good
懲
punish and teach a lesson
悪
bad
Pitch accent
か
んぜんちょうあく
か
んぜんちょ
うあく
Used in: 120
Composed of
rewarding good deeds
punishing evil
Used in vocabulary (2 in total)
(Edo-period) didactic novel or fiction
morality play