徳は孤ならず必ず隣あり

Japanese

Kanji in this term
徳	孤	必	隣

Etymology

From Middle Chinese: 徳不孤、必有隣

Idiom

徳は孤ならず必ず隣あり (hiragana とくはこならずかならずとなりあり, romaji toku wa ko narazu kanarazu tonari ari)

1. Virtue never has solitude and always has companionship.

References

• The Kōjien (広辞苑) Dictionary of the Japanese Language, 5th edition, Iwanami Shoten Publishing, Tokyo.