良心

• 読み: りょうしん
• ローマ字: ryoushin
• 漢字の分解: 良 (ryou) — good, virtuous, excellent; 心 (shin) — heart, mind, spirit
• 発音: /ɾjoː.ɕiɴ/

意味

Conscience. The inner sense of right and wrong that guides a person's moral judgement.

A noun referring to the internal moral compass that tells a person what is right and wrong. Common collocations include 良心に従う (ryoushin ni shitagau, to follow one's conscience), 良心が痛む (ryoushin ga itamu, to have a guilty conscience), 良心的 (ryoushinteki, conscientious), and 良心の呵責 (ryoushin no kashaku, pangs of conscience/remorse). A fundamental word in ethical and moral discourse.

例文

1. 良心に従って正しいことをするべきだ。
2. 嘘をついた後、良心が痛んで眠れなかった。
3. あの店は良心的な価格で評判がいい。

使い方ガイド

場面: ethics, morality, philosophy, daily life

トーン: serious

起源と歴史

From Sino-Japanese: 良 (ryou, good/virtuous) + 心 (shin, heart/mind). Literally 'the good heart' — the virtuous part of one's mind that knows right from wrong.

文化的背景

時代: Historical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal