Definition of (ぜん)

noun
good, goodness, right, virtue
See also: (antonym)
Related Kanji
virtuous, good, goodness
Example sentences(showing 13 results)

What is beautiful is not always good

Some say the beauty is more important than virtue

さいぜん
最善
ぜん
てき
The best is often the enemy of the good

わた
私たち
しん
ぜん
ついきゅ
追求
We must seek after the true, the good and the beautiful

がくてき
科学的
しき
知識
ぞう
増加
にんげん
人間
わる
おこ
行う
ちか
ぜん
おこ
行う
ちか
れい
比例
With every increase of scientific knowledge, man's power for evil is increased in the same proportion as his power for good

しき
知識
ちか
ぜん
おこ
行う
ちか
どう
と同時に
まっ
全く
おな
同じ
てい
程度
わる
おこ
行う
ちか
Knowledge is power, but it is power for evil just as much as for good

It is not always easy to distinguish good from evil

かれ
ぜん
わる
べつ
区別
He doesn't know the difference between right and wrong

ぜん
わる
、「
わく
疑惑
It is "doubt" that turns good into bad

がくしゃ
科学者
しゅちょ
主張
がくてきはっけん
科学的発見
たい
それ自体
ぜん
わる
As scientists keep insisting, there is neither good nor bad in any scientific discovery

Render good for evil

ども
子供
ぜん
わる
Even a child knows right from wrong

きょうそ
競争
たい
それ自体
ぜん
わる
Competition is neither good nor evil in itself