Illustration: At a Japanese children's club snack table, an adult uses the same small scoop to serve pudding into four identical bowls. Three bowls already contain equal portions, and the fourth is being filled to match.

JLPT N3na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

公こう平へい

kouhei

fair, impartial

Example sentences

  1. 審判しんぱんは両りょうチームに対たいして公平こうへいでなければならない。

    A referee must be fair to both teams.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 私わたしたちはすべての人ひとを公平こうへいに扱あつかうようにすべきだ。

    We should try to treat everybody with justice.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 我わが家やの大おおきな土地とちを子供こどもたちのために公平こうへいに区分くぶんする。

    We will divide the large area of family land equally between our children.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 公平

  • 公public; princeOnコウ・クKunおおやけ
  • 平even; flatOnヘイ・ビョウ・ヒョウKunたいら・たいらげる・ひら

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