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善 kanji
virtuous, good, goodness
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- Grade 6 (elementary school)
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On readings
ゼン
Kun readings
よいいいよくよしとする
Variant forms
譱Words with 善
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —善は急げmove with haste (when you have no doubts); strike while the iron is hot
- —善因善果good actions lead to good rewards; one good turn deserves another
- —善男善女pious men and women; religious people; the faithful
- —善隣友好neighbourly friendship; neighborly friendship
- —追善供養memorial service
- —体質改善improvement of one's constitution; reformation
- —嘉言善行good words and good deeds
- —善隣関係good neighborly relations; good neighbourly relations
- —善隣政策Good Neighbor Policy
- —日イ親善friendly relations between Japan and Israel
- —国際親善international goodwill
- —慈善団体charitable organization; charitable institution; charity
- —親善試合friendly match; friendly; exhibition game
- —待遇改善improvement of labor conditions (labour)
- —独善主義self-righteousness
- —寸善尺魔in evil, there is odds; there is more evil than good in this world; one good thing tends to cause many bad things to happen
- —一日一善doing a good deed each day; doing one good turn a day
- —正邪善悪right and wrong; right or wrong
- —是非善悪rights and wrongs; the relative merits (of a case); propriety
- —善悪不二good and evil are but two faces of the same coin
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