善良

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 善良, read ぜんりょう, describes a kind and conscientious character.
• Basic usage: 彼は困っている人を放っておけない善良な人だ。 describes his kind nature through his inability to ignore someone in trouble.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• What is judged as good
  • 善良 evaluates a person's moral character. It differs from 有能, which evaluates competence.
• Modifying a person
  • Use な to describe people, as in 善良な人 and 善良な市民. At the end of a sentence, use the predicate form 善良だ.