功徳（くどく）
JLPT N1 · noun
Pitch accent: atamadaka (head-high) — first mora high, then falls
Meaning: merit / virtue
Example sentences
- 人を助けるのは功徳になる。 — Helping others earns you merit.
- 功徳を積んで生きる。 — She lives accumulating merit.
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