仁（じん）
JLPT N1 · noun
Pitch accent: atamadaka (head-high) — first mora high, then falls
Meaning: benevolence / humanity
Example sentences
- 仁は人を思いやる心だ。 — Benevolence is a heart that cares for others.
- 仁を大切にして人に接する。 — I treat people with a spirit of benevolence.
Idioms & proverbs containing “仁”
- 巧言令色鮮し仁 (こうげんれいしょくすくなしじん) — those who resort to blandishments and fawning smiles are apt to lack compassion
- 一視同仁 (いっしどうじん) — loving every human being with impartiality; universal brotherhood; universal benevolence
- 寛仁大度 (かんじんたいど) — being generous, benevolent and magnanimous in disposition
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