道徳|どうとくdoutoku[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounmorals; morality
   この学校がっこうは生徒せいと達たちに高度こうどな道徳どうとく水準すいじゅんを課かする。↗

   This school sets high moral standards for pupils.

• Synonym倫理りんりNeutralEthics: the norms people should follow, leaning academic or professional, as in 「医療倫理」; more theoretical than 「道徳」.
• Synonym道義どうぎWrittenWritten word for the right path people should follow; leans toward duty and justice, often in 「道義的責任」.
• Synonym徳義とくぎWrittenWritten word for the moral duties one should observe; rare in modern usage.
• SynonymモラルNeutralLoanword for moral values or public-mindedness, as in 「モラルが低い」; common in everyday speech.
• SynonymモラリティーWrittenLoanword for morality as a quality; found in academic writing or translations, rarely in daily use—say 「モラル」 or 「道徳」 instead.
• Related徳行とっこうWrittenWritten word for conduct that accords with morality; rare today.
• Related義ぎNeutralRighteousness or moral duty, as in 「義を重んじる」; one of the Confucian virtues.
• Related善ぜんNeutralGood or goodness, the abstract value contrasted with 「悪」.
• Related美徳びとくNeutralA concrete good quality, as in 「謙虚は美徳だ」; a specific virtue rather than morality as a whole.
• Related人倫じんりんWrittenWritten word for the ordered relations between people; mostly in ethics scholarship.
• Related功徳くどくNeutralBuddhist term for virtuous deeds and the blessings they bring, as in 「功徳を積む」.
• Related善徳ぜんとくWrittenWritten word for a good, virtuous character; rare in modern usage.
• Related篤行とっこうWrittenWritten word for sincere, earnest good deeds; rare today.
• Related明徳めいとくWrittenWritten word for bright, shining virtue; also a historical era name; mostly in classical texts.
• Related道心どうしんWrittenWritten word for conscience or the heart set on Buddhist practice; rare today.
• Related聖徳せいとくWrittenWritten word for the supreme virtue of an emperor or the Buddha; very rare today, and on a different plane from the social norms 「道徳」 denotes.
• Related徳とくNeutralPersonal virtue or moral character, as in 「徳が高い」; focuses on individual cultivation.
• Related道徳性どうとくせいWrittenAbstract noun for the quality of being moral; mostly in academic discussion.
• Related倫理性りんりせいWrittenThe quality of being ethically sound; used in academic and evaluative contexts.
• Antonym不道徳ふどうとくNeutralAntonym: going against morality; the direct opposite of 「道徳」.
• Antonym背徳はいとくWrittenWritten antonym for falling from virtue, with a decadent nuance, as in 「背徳感」.

Use 「道徳」 for the moral norms a society shares or the school subject. For academic or professional norms say 「倫理」, in everyday speech 「モラル」, for personal virtue 「徳」, for a specific good quality 「美徳」; the opposite is 「不道徳」. The rest are mostly written or specialist words: 「道義」 for duty and justice, 「功徳」 in Buddhist contexts, 「道徳性」「倫理性」 for abstract morality in academic prose, and rare literary terms like 「徳行」「善徳」「篤行」「明徳」「道心」「聖徳」「背徳」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 人ひとがより従したがうべき道義的どうぎてきな規範きはん。
2. 語義ごぎ1.について学まなぶ学校がっこうの教科きょうか。