清せい濁だく

noun

good and evil; purity and impurity

Abstract noun referring to moral or qualitative opposites. Often used in set phrases like 清濁併せ呑む (to accept both good and bad, to be broad-minded).

• 彼かれは清せい濁だく併あわせ呑のむような人じん物ぶつだ。

  He is the kind of person who accepts both good and bad.

noun

voiced and unvoiced consonants

Linguistics term. Refers to the distinction between voiced (濁音) and unvoiced (清音) consonants in Japanese phonology.

• 日本にほん語ごの清せい濁だくの区く別べつは、外がい国こく人じん学がく習しゅう者しゃにとって難むずかしいことがある。

  The distinction between voiced and unvoiced consonants in Japanese can be difficult for foreign learners.