十じゅう善ぜん

noun

the ten good acts; the ten wholesome actions

Buddhist term referring to the ten virtuous deeds that avoid the ten evils (十悪). Used in doctrinal contexts.

See also: 十悪

• 仏ぶっ教きょうでは、十じゅう善ぜんを守まもることが大たい切せつだと説とかれている。

  In Buddhism, it is taught that observing the ten good acts is important.

noun

the emperor

Historical euphemism derived from the phrase 十善の君, referring to the emperor as a practitioner of the ten good acts. Rare and archaic outside classical references.

See also: 十善の君

• 「十じゅう善ぜんの君きみ」という言こと葉ばは、昔むかしの天皇てんのうを指さす雅が語ごとして使つかわれた。

  The phrase 十善の君 was used as an elegant term for the emperor in former times.