修しゅう身しん

noun

morals; ethics; moral training

Often refers to the prewar school subject 'shūshin' that taught ethics and moral values. In modern contexts, it can refer to personal moral cultivation.

• 戦せん前ぜんの小しょう学がっ校こうでは修しゅう身しんの授じゅ業ぎょうがあった。

  In prewar elementary schools, there were moral training classes.

• 彼かれは日ひ々びの修しゅう身しんを大たい切せつにしている。

  He values daily moral cultivation.