善

Meaning

善 centers on moral excellence and positive quality: being virtuous, good, or possessing goodness in character or action.

• 改善かいぜん
  N3

  betterment; improvement

• 善ぜん
  N3

  good; goodness; right; virtue

• 最善さいぜん
  N2

  the very best; utmost

• 慈善じぜん
  N1

  charity; benevolence; philanthropy

• 善意ぜんい
  N1

  virtuous mind

• 偽善ぎぜん

  hypocrisy

• 善悪ぜんあく
  N1

  right and wrong; good and evil

• 善良ぜんりょう
  N1

  good (person, nature, etc.); good-natured; virtuous; honest

• 善人ぜんにん

  good person; virtuous person

• 親善しんぜん
  N1

  friendship; goodwill; friendly relations; amity

• 善行ぜんこう

  good deed; good conduct; benevolence

• 独善どくぜん

  self-righteousness; self-justified

• 善戦ぜんせん

  fighting a good fight; putting up a good fight; fighting bravely

• 丸善まるぜん

  Maruzen (publisher)

• 善哉ぜんざい

  well done!; bravo!

• 善玉ぜんだま

  good person; good guy

• 善くもまあよくもまあ

  just how; how (dare you)

• 善処ぜんしょ

  dealing appropriately (with a situation); taking proper measures; handling (an issue) carefully; making the best of (a bad bargain)

• 勧善懲悪かんぜんちょうあく

  rewarding good and punishing evil; poetic justice

• 善がるよがる

  to satisfy oneself; to feel satisfied; to be proud

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