| 性善説 | belief that human nature is fundamentally good |
| 嘉言善行 | good words and good deeds |
| 最善の策 | the best policy (measure) |
| 善と悪 | good and evil |
| 善隣関係 | good neighborly relations, good neighbourly relations |
| 善隣政策 | Good Neighbor Policy |
| 日イ親善 | friendly relations between Japan and Israel |
| 日洪親善 | goodwill between Japan and Hungary |
不善を為す 不善をなす | to commit vice, to do evil |
| 善い行い | good deed |
| 国際親善 | international goodwill |
| 慈善団体 | charitable institution (organization, organisation), (organized, organised) charities |
| 親善試合 | friendly match (game), friendly |
| 待遇改善 | improvement of labor conditions (labour) |
| 独善主義 | self-righteousness |
| 善管 | good management, good manager |
| 善き | good |
| 業務改善命令 | business improvement order |
| 景気改善策 | economy recovery plan |
| 寸善尺魔 | in evil, there is odds, there is more evil than good in this world, one good thing tends to cause many bad things to happen |
| 改善点 | points needing improvement, problem areas |
| 一日一善 | doing a good deed each day, doing one good turn a day |
| 正邪善悪 | right and (or) wrong |
| 是非善悪 | rights and wrongs, the relative merits (of a case), propriety |
| 善悪不二 | Good and evil are but two faces of the same coin |
| 善意銀行 | center for collecting charitable contributions (money, goods, and-or services) and distributing them to people in need |
| 善意通訳 | goodwill guide, volunteer guide and interpreter for foreign residents and tourists |
| 善後処置 | remedial measure, preventive measure, the best way to cope with (meet) the situation |
| 善後措置 | remedial measure, preventive measure, the best way to cope with (meet) the situation |
| 善後対策 | remedial measure, preventive measure, the best way to cope with (meet) the situation |
| 善哉善哉 | Well done!, Great!, Bravo! |
| 善戦苦闘 | putting up a good fight against some odds |
| 善隣外交 | good-neighbor diplomacy, a good-neighbor policy |
| 追善興行 | memorial performance, performance in memory of someone |
善さげ 善さ気 | seemingly good, (of) good appearance, looking good |
| 善かれと思う | to wish to go well, to have good intentions |
| 関係改善 | improvement of relations, rapprochement |
| 偽善売教 | priestcraft (Book of Mormon) |