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Beyond N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

清せい濁だく

seidaku

good and bad, purity and impurity

Often used in 清濁併せ呑む. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 清濁せいだくあわせのむ。

    Accept both good and bad.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 石榴口ざくろぐちのために中なかは湯気ゆげがもうもうと立たちこめ、暗くらく、湯ゆの清濁せいだくさえわからないようにしていた。

    The zakuro guchi made the inside very steamy and dark, so that users couldn’t tell whether the bathwater was clean or not.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 社会しゃかいに出でてから、世よの清濁せいだくを知しった。

    After I started working, I learned about the good and bad in the world.

    Written by AI for Bebop

Kanji in 清濁

  • 清pure; purifyOnセイ・ショウ・シンKunきよい・きよまる・きよめる
  • 濁voiced; uncleannessOnダク・ジョクKunにごる・にごす

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