善悪

ぜんあく

good and evil

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

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

勧善懲悪劇

かんぜんちょうあくげき

morality play

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

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

善

ぜん

good, goodness, right, virtue

善かれ悪しかれ

よかれあしかれ

good or bad, right or wrong, for better or for worse, rightly or wrongly

善男善女

ぜんなんぜんにょ

pious men and women

善因善果

ぜんいんぜんか

good action lead to good rewards, one good turn deserves another

善哉善哉

ぜんざいぜんざい

Well done!, Great!, Bravo!

悪悪戯

わるいたずら あくいたずら

mischief

善用

ぜんよう

good use

小善

しょうぜん

a small kindness, minor good deed