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清濁

N1
せいだく
[seidaku]
Illustration for 清濁

Meanings

1.Noun

good and evil; purity and impurity

2.Noun

linguisticsvoiced and unvoiced consonants

Examples

清濁併せ呑む度量が指導者には求められる。

Leaders are expected to have the capacity to accept both good and bad.

世の中の清濁を経験して人は成長する。

People grow by experiencing both the good and bad in the world.

清濁入り混じる政界で彼は信念を貫いた。

He stuck to his beliefs in the murky world of politics.