不徳
ふとく · futoku
Lack of virtue, immorality, vice, depravity, unworthiness
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How it’s used
Used in formal or literary contexts to refer to moral failing or unworthiness, often in self-critical statements about one's own actions.
Often confused with 'futoku' meaning 'immorality' and 'fusei' meaning 'injustice' or 'unfairness'; 'futoku' focuses on personal character, while 'fusei' focuses on acts or systems.
Example sentences
彼の不徳が原因で会社は倒産した。
The company went bankrupt because of his immorality.
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私の不徳の致すところです。
It is due to my own lack of virtue.
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What does 不徳 mean?
Lack of virtue, immorality, vice, depravity, unworthiness.
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ふとく (futoku). Pitch accent: heiban — flat. Press Listen above to hear it.
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