こうけつ

[高潔] *nobility

【U】《正式》心の気高さ， 高潔；崇高， 威厳∥ a man of great nobility たいへん高潔な人

integrity

【U】《正式》高潔；清廉

*principle

【C】【U】［通例 ～s；複数扱い；ほめて］ 高潔；節操∥ a man of high principle 高潔な人.

▲cleanliness of thought 思想の高潔さ / She is the (very) soul of honor. 彼女は高潔そのものだ.

◇→高潔な

高潔
purity
nobility

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こうけつ【高潔】

*nobility

〖U〗《正式》心の気高さ， 高潔；崇高， 威厳

a man of great nobility たいへん高潔な人

integrity

〖U〗《正式》高潔；清廉

*principle

〖C〗〖U〗［通例 ～s；複数扱い；ほめて］ 高潔；節操

a man of high principle 高潔な人.

▲cleanliness of thought 思想の高潔さ

She is the (very) soul of honor. 彼女は高潔そのものだ.

◇ → 高潔な

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I

こうけつ【高潔】

～な noble; lofty; virtuous; high; pure; high-minded; noble-minded; upright.

●高潔な人物 a person of noble [high, virtuous] character; a person of nobility [noble heart]

・高潔な人格 lofty [noble, high, virtuous] character

・高潔な心 a noble [virtuous] heart

・だれもが彼の高潔な精神に敬意を払った. Everybody respected him for the nobility of his mind.

II

こうけつ【膏血】

〔血とあぶら〕 sweat and blood; 〔苦心して作った財産〕 the product of one's toil.

●人民の膏血を絞る exploit [sweat, squeeze] the people; exact from the people the fruits of their labor [toil]; suck the juice from [the life's blood of] the people; put the people under the screw; grind down the people.