善ぜん悪あく

Meanings

Usage patterns

• 〈事こと〉の善ぜん悪あくを判はん断だんするto judge whether something is right or wrong

  その行こう為いの善ぜん悪あくを判はん断だんするのは難むずかしい。

  It's difficult to judge whether that act was right or wrong.

• 善ぜん悪あくを問とわずregardless of whether it is good or bad

  善ぜん悪あくを問とわず、人ひとは結けっ果かを受うけ入いれなければならない。

  Regardless of good or bad, people must accept the results.

• 善ぜん悪あくを見み分わけるto distinguish good from evil

  子こ供どもは善ぜん悪あくを見み分わける力ちからを育そだてる必ひつ要ようがある。

  Children need to develop the ability to distinguish good from evil.

• 善ぜん悪あくの基き準じゅんa standard for what counts as good or evil

  文ぶん化かによって善ぜん悪あくの基き準じゅんは異ことなる。

  The standard for good and evil differs from culture to culture.

Expressions

• 善ぜん悪あく不ふ二にgood and evil are two faces of the same coin
• 善ぜん悪あくの区く別べつdistinction between right and wrong; distinction between good and bad