善ぜん悪あくの区く別べつ

expression, noun

distinction between right and wrong; distinction between good and bad

Refers to the ability or act of telling right from wrong, or good from bad, often in a moral or ethical context.

• 子こ供どもに善ぜん悪あくの区く別べつを教おしえるのは親おやの役やく目めだ。

  It is a parent's duty to teach children the difference between right and wrong.

• 彼かれは善ぜん悪あくの区く別べつがつかない。

  He cannot tell right from wrong.