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

勧善懲悪劇

かんぜんちょうあくげき

morality play

勧懲

rewarding good and punishing evil

勧善

rewarding good deeds

懲悪

ちょうあく

chastisement for evildoing, punishment

勧説

かんぜい すすむせつ

urging, persuasion

悪漢小説

あっかんしょうせつ

picaresque novel

善悪

ぜんあく

good and evil

小善

しょうぜん

a small kindness, minor good deed

性善説

せいぜんせつ

belief that human nature is fundamentally good

善と悪

ぜんとあく

good and evil

小説

しょうせつ

novel, (short) story

性悪説

せいあくせつ

the view of human nature as fundamentally depraved

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