Illustration: At a neighborhood vegetable-growing contest, a judge checks two entrants' pumpkins using the same balance scale and set of weights. One pumpkin has just been removed, and the second is being placed in the identical weighing pan.

JLPT N2na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

公こう正せい

kousei

fair, impartial

Example sentences

王おうは自分じぶんの王国おうこくを公正こうせいに治おさめた。
The king ruled his kingdom justly.
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私わたしに公正こうせいに振ふる舞まった。
He acted fairly towards me.
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彼かれは人ひとに公正こうせいに振ふる舞まう。
He deals fairly with people.
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Kanji in 公正

公public; princeOnコウ・クKunおおやけ
正correct; justiceOnセイ・ショウKunただしい・ただす・まさ

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