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忠良 (chuuryou) Japanese meaning: loyalty and goodness | Kotomora

忠ちゅう良りょう

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Meanings

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noun, na-adjective

loyalty and goodness; faithful and virtuous

Literary or formal term describing a person of unwavering loyalty and moral integrity. Often used in historical or elevated contexts.

彼かれは忠ちゅう良りょうの士しとして知しられていた。
He was known as a man of loyalty and virtue.

Kanji

忠loyalty, fidelity, faithfulness
良good, pleasing, skilled

Related words

忠ちゅう義ぎ
忠義 focuses on loyalty and devotion, often to a lord or cause, while 忠良 adds the nuance of innate goodness and moral uprightness.
善ぜん良りょう
善良 means 'goodness' or 'virtue' in a general moral sense, without the specific connotation of loyalty found in 忠良.

Etymology

Compound of 忠 (loyalty) and 良 (goodness). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word has been used in classical and literary Japanese to describe a person of faithful and virtuous character.

その家か臣しんは主しゅ君くんに対たいして忠ちゅう良りょうを尽つくした。

That retainer served his lord with utmost loyalty and goodness.