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不公平 (ふこうへい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

不ふ公こう平へい

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

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noun, na-adjective

unfairness; injustice; partiality

Describes a situation, treatment, or rule that lacks fairness or impartiality. Commonly used as both a noun and a na-adjective.

そのルールは不ふ公こう平へいだと思おもう。
I think that rule is unfair.
不ふ公こう平へいな

扱あつか

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受う

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感かん

じ

た

。

I felt I received unfair treatment.

Kanji

不negative, non-, bad
公public, prince, official
平even, flat, peace

Similar words

平びょう等どう
平等 means equality or equal treatment, often as a positive ideal, while 不公平 focuses on the lack of fairness in a specific case.
公こう正せい
公正 means fairness or justice, often in a formal or legal sense, and is more about impartiality than the emotional weight of 不公平.

Etymology

Compound of 不 (fu, 'not') + 公平 (kōhei, 'fairness, impartiality'). The word 公平 itself is a Sino-Japanese term combining 公 (kō, 'public') and 平 (hei, 'flat, even').