忠（ちゅう）
JLPT N1 · noun
Pitch accent: atamadaka (head-high) — first mora high, then falls
Meaning: loyalty
Example sentences
- 忠は主君に誠を尽くすことだ。 — Loyalty means devoting oneself sincerely to one's lord.
- 忠と孝を両立させる。 — To uphold both loyalty and filial piety at once.
Idioms & proverbs containing “忠”
- 忠言耳に逆らう (ちゅうげんみみにさからう) — good advice is harsh to the ear
- 忠君愛国 (ちゅうくんあいこく) — loyalty and patriotism
- 尽忠報国 (じんちゅうほうこく) — loyalty and patriotism
- 忠言逆耳 (ちゅうげんぎゃくじ) — good advice is harsh to the ears; honest advice is often unpleasant to the ears
- 忠勇無双 (ちゅうゆうむそう) — of peerless loyalty and bravery
- 忠孝両全 (ちゅうこうりょうぜん) — being a good son and a loyal subject; possessing loyalty and filial piety
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