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良識

りょうしき

good sense; sound judgement

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Examples

  1. 彼は良識ある人です。

    かれはりょうしきあるひとです。

    He is a person of good sense.

  2. 良識を疑うような発言だ。

    りょうしきをうたがうようなはつげんだ。

    It's the sort of remark that makes you question his judgement.

  3. 最後は有権者の良識に訴えるしかない。

    さいごはゆうけんしゃのりょうしきにうったえるしかない。

    In the end we can only appeal to the good sense of the voters.

Common patterns

良識ある
sensible; right-thinking
良識に欠ける
to lack good judgement
良識を疑う
to doubt someone's judgement

Memory tip

Higher in register than 常識. 常識がない means clueless about what everybody knows; 良識がない means lacking the mature moral judgement expected of a responsible adult. Common in editorials and political speech.

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