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JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

善ぜん

zen

goodness, virtue

Example sentences

  1. 競争きょうそうそれ自体じたいは善ぜんでも悪あくでもない。

    Competition is neither good nor evil in itself.

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  2. 美うつくしいものは必かならずしも善ぜんではない。

    What is beautiful is not always good.

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  3. 彼かれは善ぜんと悪あくの区別くべつがわからない。

    He doesn’t know the difference between right and wrong.

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Kanji in 善

  • 善virtuous; goodOnゼンKunよい・いい・よく

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