正

Meaning

正 centers on correctness and moral rightness: being correct, just, or righteous. The large-number sense (10**40) is a separate specialized usage.

• 正しいただしい
  N4

  right; correct

• 正直しょうじき
  N3

  honest; frank; candid; straightforward

• 正にまさに
  N3

  exactly; just; precisely; really; truly; surely; certainly; without doubt

• 修正しゅうせい
  N3

  amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching; update; fix

• 正確せいかく
  N3

  accurate; correct; precise; exact

• 正義せいぎ
  N1

  justice; right; righteousness

• 改正かいせい
  N2

  revision; amendment; alteration

• 正せい
  N3

  (logical) true; regular

• 正解せいかい
  N2

  correct answer; right solution; correct interpretation

• 正規せいき
  N1

  regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate

• 不正ふせい
  N3

  injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity; dishonesty; illegality; fraud

• 正体しょうたい
  N1

  true character; true form; true colors; identity; truth (of a mystery, phenomenon, etc.); origin

• 正式せいしき
  N3

  formal; official; regular; proper; legal; due (formalities)

• 正常せいじょう
  N2

  normal; regular

• 正当せいとう
  N1

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

• 正面しょうめん
  N2

  front; frontage; facade; main

• 正月しょうがつ
  N4

  New Year (esp. first three days)

• 公正こうせい
  N2

  justice; fairness; impartiality

• 大正たいしょう
  N1

  Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era

• 訂正ていせい
  N2

  correction; revision; amendment

• 適正てきせい

  reasonable; suitable

• 補正ほせい
  N1

  correction; revision; compensation (e.g. to a pendulum)

• 矯正きょうせい
  N1

  correction (of a fault, defect, flaw, etc.); remedy; rectification; redress; reform; straightening (of teeth)

• 正すただす
  N1

  to correct; to rectify; to reform; to amend; to redress

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