独善

Japanese

Kanji in this term
独	善
どく Grade: 5	ぜん Grade: 6
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
獨善 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) どくぜん [dòkúzéń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [do̞kɯ̟ᵝzẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

独(どく)善(ぜん) • (dokuzen)

self-righteousness, self-justified, self-complacent

Derived terms

<ruby>独善的<rp>(</rp><rt>どくぜんてき</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby> (dokuzenteki)
<ruby>独善主義<rp>(</rp><rt>どくぜんしゅぎ</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby> (dokuzenshugi)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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