清濁: good and evil, purity and impurity | JLPT N1 Vocabulary

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清濁(せいだく)を併(あわ)せ持(も)つ人間(にんげん)の本質(ほんしつ)を、彼(かれ)は冷静(れいせい)に見(み)つめている。
He calmly observes the essence of humanity, which contains both purity and impurity.
彼(かれ)は世(よ)の清濁(せいだく)を見極(みきわ)め、己(お

)

の

道(れのみち)

を

貫(つらぬ)

いた。

He discerned the good and evil of the world and remained true to his own path.

詩人(しじん)は清濁(せいだく)の入(い)り混(ま)じる社会(しゃかい)を描(えが)いた。

The poet depicted a society in which good and evil were intertwined.

清濁(せいだく)を問(と)わず受(う)け止(と)める度量(どりょう)が、彼(かれ)の魅力(みりょく)である。

His ability to accept both good and evil is one of his appealing qualities.