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.
彼は忠良の士として知られていた。
He was known as a man of loyalty and virtue.
その家臣は
That retainer served his lord with utmost loyalty and goodness.
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.