正当
N1せいとう seitou
- just
- justifiable
- right
- due
- proper
- equitable
- reasonable
- legitimate
- lawful
な-adjectivenoun
Chinese meanings
正当;合理
Examples
- 先生は彼女に正当な取り扱いをしなかった。The teacher didn't do her justice.老师没有公平地对待她。
- 私はよい音楽を正当に評価する。I appreciate good music.我能正确欣赏好音乐。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('94171ec6a4'); // 正当
{
"id": "94171ec6a4",
"word": "正当",
"reading": "せいとう",
"romaji": "seitou",
"meanings": [
"just",
"justifiable",
"right",
"due",
"proper",
"equitable",
"reasonable",
"legitimate",
"lawful"
],
"level": "N1",
"pos": [
"adj-na",
"n"
],
"jmdict_id": 1377660,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "先生は彼女に正当な取り扱いをしなかった。",
"en": "The teacher didn't do her justice.",
"tatoeba_id": 141505
},
{
"ja": "私はよい音楽を正当に評価する。",
"en": "I appreciate good music.",
"tatoeba_id": 158676
}
],
"zh": {
"source_hash": "f542077c794e67c5b85fdf0ba2d6cf9edaf76a4707dd2bad36001d5e38d9a309",
"meanings": [
"正当",
"合理"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "先生は彼女に正当な取り扱いをしなかった。",
"zh": "老师没有公平地对待她。"
},
{
"ja": "私はよい音楽を正当に評価する。",
"zh": "我能正确欣赏好音乐。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n1/94171ec6a4",
"JMdict ent_seq 1377660; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"review_hash": "d041d84c06310f838ad7d421981260f2e3c67b217866d9f01d253434d26ea817",
"status": "reviewed",
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
}
}