貞てい淑しゅく

na-adjective, noun

chastity; virtue; fidelity; feminine modesty

Refers to a woman's sexual purity, faithfulness in marriage, and modest conduct. Often used in formal or literary contexts.

• 彼かの女じょは貞てい淑しゅくな妻つまとして知しられている。

  She is known as a chaste and faithful wife.

• 貞てい淑しゅくは昔むかしから女じょ性せいの美び徳とくとされてきた。

  Chastity has long been considered a feminine virtue.