Illustration: At the counter of a Japanese clothing shop, a customer presents a newly purchased jacket with a seam that has come apart before use. The retail tag is still attached with its plain reverse facing outward, and the matching shopping bag sits beneath the jacket.

JLPT N2na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

正せい当とう

seitou

justified, legitimate

Example sentences

  1. 先生せんせいは彼女かのじょに正当せいとうな取とり扱あつかいをしなかった。

    The teacher didn’t do her justice.

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  2. 私わたしはよい音楽おんがくを正当せいとうに評価ひょうかする。

    I appreciate good music.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 彼かれは時々ときどき正当せいとうな理由りゆうもなしに仕事しごとを休やすむ。

    He sometimes is absent from work without good cause.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 正当

  • 正correct; justiceOnセイ・ショウKunただしい・ただす・まさ
  • 当hit; appropriateOnトウKunあたる・あたり・あてる

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