Word Meaning 貞操

ていそう teisou

貞操 is read as ていそう (teisou) and means chastity.

Meaning

English

  1. chastity
  2. virtue
  3. fidelity

Reading

Kana

ていそう

Romaji

teisou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 25 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 136221 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

貞操観念

ていそうかんねん

sense of virtue

貞操帯

ていそうたい

chastity belt

貞操堅固

ていそうけんご

chaste (usu. to one's husband)

貞観時代

じょうがんじだい

Jōgan period (of art history; 859-877 CE)

貞観地震

じょうがんじしん

Sanriku earthquake of 869 CE

貞実

ていじつ

faithful

貞治

ていじ

Jōji era (of the Northern Court) (1362.9.23-1368.2.18)

貞和

ていわ

Jōwa era (of the Northern Court) (1345.10.21-1350.2.27)

貞女

ていじょ

virtuous woman

貞元

ていげん

Jōgen era (976.7.13-978.11.29)

貞応

じょうおう

Jōō era (1222.4.13-1224.11.20)

貞門

ていもん

Teimon school (of haikai, founded by Matsunaga Teitoku)

Example Sentences

1

かれはどんなときもていそうをまもろうとした。

He tried to preserve his chastity at all times.