美徳

See also: 美德

Japanese

Kanji in this term
美	徳
び Grade: 3	とく Grade: 4
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
美德 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) びとく [bìtókú] (Heiban – [0])^[1][2]
• (Tokyo) びとく [bíꜜtòkù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]
• IPA^(key): [bʲito̞kɯ̟]

Noun

美(び)徳(とく) • (bitoku) 

1. virtue

Antonyms

• 悪徳(あくとく) (akutoku)

Derived terms

• 七(なな)つの美徳(びとく) (nanatsu no bitoku, “the seven virtues”)

References

1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.