単語屋Tangoya, “the word shop”
Kanji compounds#11,709 most used

正当

せいとう0

Pitch accent · 平板 (heiban)

justifiable; legitimate

ITS KANJI

IN A SENTENCE

Tom had a good reason.

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IN OTHER SENTENCES

He sometimes is absent from work without good cause.

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MEANING

1

just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable; reasonable; legitimate; legal; lawful

adjectival noun · noun

TANGOYA ASKS

The dictionary gives 正当 this one meaning.

SOUNDS THE SAME

政党political partyせいとう
征討subjugation; conquestせいとう · not in tangoya
青島qingdao (china); tsingtao; chingtaoせいとう · not in tangoya
正統legitimate; orthodoxせいとう

DETAILS

Kind熟語, kanji compounds

Frequency#11,709 most used

Written正当 only

Can be asked asRead, Listen, Recall, Write

Dictionary: JMdict (EDRDG), CC BY-SA 4.0 · pitch: Kanjium