貞

Meaning

貞 centers on moral firmness and unwavering principle: being upright, righteous, and constant in character. Chastity is a specific application of that same steadfast purity.

• 童貞どうてい

  virginity (of a male); (male) virgin

• 貞てい

  firm adherence to one's principles

• 貞操ていそう

  chastity; virtue; fidelity

• 不貞ふてい

  unfaithfulness; infidelity; unchastity

• 貞治じょうじ

  Jōji era (of the Northern Court) (1362.9.23-1368.2.18); Teiji era

• 貞淑ていしゅく

  chastity; virtue; fidelity; feminine modesty

• 貞節ていせつ

  chastity; fidelity; faithfulness; virtue

• シロウト童貞シロウトどうてい

  man who has never had sex except with sex workers

• 安貞あんてい

  Antei era (1227.12.10-1229.3.5)

• 弘仁貞観時代こうにんじょうがんじだい

  Kōnin-Jōgan period (of Japanese art history; approx. 794-894 CE)

• 童貞卒業どうていそつぎょう

  losing one's virginity (of a male)

• 童貞喪失どうていそうしつ

  loss of virginity (of a male)

• 童貞生殖どうていせいしょく

  androgenesis

• 童貞説どうていせつ

  immaculate conception; virgin birth

• 貞はるさだはる

  to harp too long on a subject

• 貞享じょうきょう

  Jōkyō era (1684.2.21-1688.9.30)

• 貞元じょうげん

  Jōgen era (976.7.13-978.11.29); Teigen era

• 貞和じょうわ

  Jōwa era (of the Northern Court) (1345.10.21-1350.2.27); Teiwa era

• 貞女ていじょ

  virtuous woman; faithful wife

• 貞婦ていふ

  faithful or virtuous woman (wife)

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