na-adjective, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun
Describes actions, treatment, or conditions that are morally wrong, cruel, or lacking humanity. Often used in strong negative judgments.
He repeated his inhuman acts.
I felt anger at his unjust actions.
They complained that they had been treated inhumanely.
The organization treated the prisoners cruelly.
The dictator committed every kind of atrocity.
不当 describes something unjust in a legal or procedural sense, whereas 非道 carries stronger moral condemnation.
非情 focuses on a cold, unfeeling attitude, while 非道 focuses on the immorality of the act itself.
無慈悲 describes a lack of mercy or compassion, while 非道 more broadly condemns an act as morally outrageous.
正当 means 'legitimate' or 'proper,' the opposite of 非道's sense of being unjust and inhuman.
heinous; treacherous; atrocious
abnormally greedy and cruel; rapacious and inhuman
heinous; atrocious; inhuman
tyrannical and atrocious; violent and cruel
inhuman; heinous; atrocious
Standard kanji spelling; the word is normally written in kanji.
Compound of 非 (hi, 'not, un-') and 道 (dō, 'way, path, morality'), literally 'not the way' or 'against the moral path'. The word has been used in Japanese to denote extreme injustice or inhumanity.
unreasonable and unjust; unconscionable