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名詞

Chastity; （female） honour; （feminine） virtue; （a girl's） virginity, maidenhead:（男に対する貞節は） constancy:（夫に対する貞節は） fidelity:（=なる） chaste （woman）; virtuous （lady）; constant （mistress）; faithful （wife）

用例

• 貞節な妻だ
  She is a faithful wife―faithful to her husband.

• 貞節ある女
  a chaste woman
  a virtuous lady
  a constant mistress
• 貞節の無い女
  an unchaste woman
  a frail woman
  a profligate woman
• 貞節の亀鑑だ
  She is a pattern of female honour―a paragon of feminine virtue.
• 貞節の高い婦人だ
  She is the soul of honour.
• 貞節を守る
  to preserve one's chastity―remain faithful to a husband―remain constant to a lover
• 若後家は亡夫に対して貞節を守った
  She remained faithful to the memory of her husband.
• 貞節を破る
  to lose one's chastity―stray from the path of virtue―be false to one's husband or lover
• 女は一度貞操を破ると一生のキズ物だ
  If a woman once loses her chastity, she is ruined for life.
• 貞節を売る
  to sell one's chastity―prostitute oneself