勧善懲悪

かんぜんちょうあく

rewarding good and punishing evil, novel or drama with a rewarding-good-and-punishing-evil theme, moral purpose, morality play

勧善懲悪小説

かんぜんちょうあくしょうせつ

(Edo-period) didactic novel or fiction

勧懲

rewarding good and punishing evil

勧善

rewarding good deeds

懲悪

ちょうあく

chastisement for evildoing, punishment

善悪

ぜんあく

good and evil

善と悪

ぜんとあく

good and evil

劇場型勧誘

げきじょうがたかんゆう

advertising fraudulent investment schemes with glossy brochures, phone calls, etc.

悪を懲らす

あくをこらす

to punish the wicked

善し悪し

よしあし よしわるし

right or wrong, good or bad, merits or demerits, quality, suitability

善い悪い

よいわるい

good or bad, merits or demerits, quality, suitability

是非善悪

ぜひぜんあく

rights and wrongs, the relative merits (of a case), propriety

善悪不二

ぜんあくふに

good and evil are but two faces of the same coin

正邪善悪

せいじゃぜんあく

right and (or) wrong

善悪二元論

ぜんあくにげんろん

good and evil dualism, Manicheanism

善悪の区別

ぜんあくのくべつ

discrimination between right and wrong, distinction between good and bad

懲り懲り

こりごり

bitter experience, learning from a bad experience, having had enough (of something unpleasant), having had a bellyful, being sick and tired (of something), being fed up

膺懲

ようちょう

punishment, chastisement

懲役

ちょうえき

penal servitude, imprisonment with hard labor (hard labour)