良心|りょうしんryoushin[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounconscience
   彼かれは良心りょうしんのとがめを感かんじた。↗

   He felt the pangs of conscience.

• Related善心ぜんしんWrittenA kind, good heart; written/formal in tone. 「良心」 is the inner sense that tells right from wrong and restrains you, as in 「良心が痛む」.
• Related道心どうしんWrittenWritten word for moral sense; in Buddhism, also the heart resolved to pursue the Buddhist path. 「良心」 is more common.
• Related道念どうねんWrittenWritten word for one's moral convictions; rare. 「良心」 is more common.
• Related道義心どうぎしんWrittenA heart that sets store by moral duty; written/formal. 「良心」 is the everyday word.
• Related道徳心どうとくしんNeutralMoral sense; at home in both speech and writing, as in 「道徳心がない」. 「良心」 stresses inner self-restraint.
• Related徳義心とくぎしんWrittenWritten word for a heart that values virtue and duty; rare.
• Related道徳観念どうとくかんねんWrittenOne's idea of what is right and wrong; academic flavor. 「良心」 stresses inner self-restraint.
• Related道徳感覚どうとくかんかくWrittenThe sense of what is right and wrong; academic flavor. 「良心」 is more everyday.
• Related道徳意識どうとくいしきWrittenMoral consciousness; academic flavor. 「良心」 is more common.
• Antonym悪心あくしんWrittenEvil intent or malicious thoughts; the opposite of 「良心」 as conscience.
• Antonym邪心じゃしんWrittenA wicked, twisted heart; the opposite of 「良心」.

Use 「良心」 for the inner voice that tells right from wrong and restrains you, as in 「良心的」 and 「良心の呵責」. For moral sense in general, 「道徳心」 works in speech and writing; 「道徳意識」 suits academic prose. For a kind heart, say 「善心」; for evil intent, 「悪心」 or 「邪心」.

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1. 他人たにんから見みて、積極的せっきょくてきな評価ひょうかができる心配こころくばり又または心こころ延のべえ。
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