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Meanings
Noun
1. virtue
2. benevolence
3. profit; benefit; advantage
Kanji used
virtue
Pitch accent
Top 12200
Used in vocabulary (81 in total)
vice; immorality; corruption
the House of Tokugawa; the Tokugawas
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
natural virtue; personal virtue
natural virtue; personal virtue
lack of virtue; immorality; vice; depravity; unworthiness
economical; bargain; good value; good-value
Tokushima (city, prefecture)
Tokugawa shogunate (i.e. the Edo shogunate, 1603-1867)
eminent virtue
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)
virtuous; respectable
economical; economy size; family size (esp. of packaged food)
Gentoku era (1329.8.29-1331.8.9)
virtue and influence; virtue and authority
virtuous; rich
virtuous; rich
morals; morality; sincerity
the five virtues; tripod; three or four-legged kettle stand; family crest in the shape of such an object
benevolence; goodness
moral character or consciousness
Shōtoku era (1711.4.25-1716.6.22)
divine virtues
Tentoku era (957.10.27-961.2.16)
virtue gained by practising Buddhism
imperial virtue; heavenly virtue; greatest virtue; highest virtue
strong, immovable sense of morality; high moral character; chastity; virtue
(types of) virtue
knowledge and 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)
martial arts
repayment of someone's kindness; showing one's gratitude; moral requital
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
knowledge and virtue
Chōtoku era (995.2.22-999.1.13)
learning and virtue
intelligence and virtue
economical; bargain; good value; good-value
goddess of (lucky) directions
virtueless; (arch.) poor
Jōtoku era (1097.11.21-1099.8.28); Shōtoku era
to practice virtue; to practise virtue
charity; caritas
emperor's virtue
personal morals; personal virtues
Montoku Jitsuroku (fifth of the six classical Japanese history texts)
economical product; economy-sized goods
profit; gains; (one's) share; portion; (arch.) earnings from land tax (feudal Japan)
Ōtoku era (1084.2.7-1087.4.7)
Nihon Montoku Tennō Jitsuroku (fifth of the six classical Japanese history texts)
the virtuous man will not long remain lonely
virtuous government; government founded on good morals
great virtue; outstanding virtue
wondrous virtue; miraculous virtue
national morality
Kantoku era (1044.11.24-1046.4.14)
debt cancellation order issued by the Emperor or the Shogun (during the Muromachi and Kamakura periods)
Examples (2 in total)
The only reward of virtue is virtue.
He is a man of virtue.