トク
Meanings
Noun
1. virtue
Can virtue be taught?
2. benevolence
3. profit; benefit; advantage
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (80 in total)
saintliness; great virtue; eminent 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
the five virtues (esp. in Confucianism); tripod; three or four-legged kettle stand; family crest in the shape of a three-legged kettle stand
Tokushima (city, prefecture)
virtuous; rich
virtuous; rich
morals; morality
vice; immorality; corruption
virtue
natural virtue; personal virtue
natural virtue; personal virtue
the House of Tokugawa; the Tokugawas
lack of virtue; immorality; vice; depravity; unworthiness
Tokugawa shogunate (1603-1867); Edo shogunate
benevolent rule; moratorium on debts
great virtue; virtuous priest; priest; rich person
great virtue; virtuous priest; priest; rich person
Tokugawa period (i.e. the Edo period, 1603-1867)
virtue and influence; virtue and authority
knowledge and virtue
Gentoku era (1329.8.29-1331.8.9)
Tokugawa forces
benevolence; goodness
morals; morality; sincerity
Shōtoku era (1711.4.25-1716.6.22)
divine virtues
moral character or consciousness
imperial virtue; heavenly virtue; greatest virtue; highest virtue
Tentoku era (957.10.27-961.2.16)
virtue gained by practising Buddhism
(types of) virtue
strong, immovable sense of morality; high moral character; chastity; virtue
fortune; happiness and prosperity
virtue; Meitoku era (of the Northern Court; 1390.3.26-1392.10.5); Meitoku era (of reunified Japan; 1392.10.5-1394.7.5)
repayment of someone's kindness; showing one's gratitude; moral requital
martial arts
Tokuma Shoten (publisher)
immoral; unethical
great virtue
influence of great virtue; influence of ancestors
public morality; social morals; civic virtues
three cardinal virtues (wisdom, benevolence and valour (valor)); (having) three uses (e.g. a kitchen knife); (having) three advantages (e.g. a method); three qualities of nirvana (dharmakaya, prajna and moksha); three qualities of parinirvana; three virtues of Buddhahood (benevolence, wisdom and renunciation of klesha)
learning and virtue
various virtues; all kinds of virtues; many virtuous priests
woman's virtues
grace; blessing; compassion
secret charity
intelligence and virtue
moral sense
Chōtoku era (995.2.22-999.1.13)
virtues
virtueless; (arch.) poor
goddess of (lucky) directions
Jōtoku era (1097.11.21-1099.8.28); Shōtoku era
Tokugawa Art Museum
charity; caritas
Ōtoku era (1084.2.7-1087.4.7)
Montoku Jitsuroku (fifth of the six classical Japanese history texts)
virtuous government; government founded on good morals
personal morals; personal virtues
Jingde Chuandeng Lu (Record of the Transmission of the Lamp Published in the Jingde Era, 1004 CE Buddhist scripture)
economical product; economy-sized goods
great virtue; outstanding virtue
Nihon Montoku Tennō Jitsuroku (fifth of the six classical Japanese history texts)
the early bird catches the worm
the virtuous man will not long remain lonely
emperor's virtue
national morality
Kantoku era (1044.11.24-1046.4.14)
wondrous virtue; miraculous virtue
Utoc Corporation
Tokuyama Line
Tokuyama University
Tokuyama University
Ryotokuji University
Tokushima University (abbr); Tokuyama University (abbr)
debt cancellation order issued by the Emperor or the Shogun (during the Muromachi and Kamakura periods)
Examples (4 in total)
He is a man of virtue.
I do not know what virtue is.
Can virtue be taught?