清濁 (seidaku)

板垣いたがきは日本にっぽんの民主主義みんしゅしゅぎ発展はってんに大おおきな功績こうせきを残のこしたが、彼自身かれじしんは無欲恬淡むよくてんたん、金銭欲きんせんよくも淡白たんぱくでしたたかさがなく（端的たんてきに言いえば「いい人ひと」）、清濁せいだく合あわせ呑のむことが要求ようきゅうされる政治家せいじかとしては必かならずしも有能ゆうのうだったとは言いえない。

While there is no doubt that Itagaki immensely contributed to the growth of Japan's democracy, however, because of his selfless character with no thirst for money and with no wiliness (that is to say, he was simply "a nice person"), he was not necessarily an adept politician, a profession that requires to be broad-minded enough to deal with all sorts of good and evil.