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善 (ぜん): good, virtue — Japanese vocabulary

善 is read ぜん and means "good, virtue". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

善

Reading
ぜん · zen
Translation
good, virtue
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
ぜんが

Example

競争それ自体は善でも悪でもない。

きょうそうそれじたいはぜんでもわるでもない。

Competition is neither good nor evil in itself.

Kanji in this word

  • 善 — virtuous, good

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