不ふ平びょう等どう

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

Refers to a lack of equality or fairness in treatment, opportunity, or conditions. Often used in social, economic, or legal contexts.

〈事こと〉の不ふ平びょう等どうを解かい消しょうするto eliminate inequality in something
政せい府ふは所しょ得とくの不ふ平びょう等どうを解かい消しょうする政せい策さくを進すすめている。
The government is promoting policies to eliminate income inequality.
不平等ふびょうどうな扱とりあつかいを受うけるto receive unequal/unfair treatment
その社しゃ員いんは性せい別べつを理り由ゆうに不ふ平びょう等どうな扱とりあつかいを受うけた。
The employee received unequal treatment because of their gender.
〈事こと〉に不ふ平びょう等どうが存そん在ざいするfor inequality to exist in something
教きょう育いくの機き会かいには今いまも不ふ平びょう等どうが存そん在ざいする。
Inequality still exists in educational opportunities.

不ふ公こう平へいN1
不公平 stresses a lack of impartiality or fairness in a specific decision or situation, whereas 不平等 more often points to broader structural or systemic disparity.
格かく差さN1
格差 simply describes a gap or difference (e.g. in income or status) without necessarily implying it is unjust, while 不平等 explicitly frames the difference as unfair.
不ふ均きん衡こう
不平等 focuses on unfairness or lack of equality in treatment or opportunity, while 不均衡 is a more neutral term for imbalance or disproportion without necessarily implying unfairness.

平びょう等どうN3
平等 means 'equality/fairness', while 不平等 (with the negative prefix 不) means the opposite, 'inequality/unfairness'.

不ふ公こう平へいN1
不平等 refers to structural inequality in status, rights, or opportunity, while 不公平 refers to a lack of fairness in how a specific matter is handled.

Formed from 不 (negative prefix) + 平等 (equality). The kanji 不 means 'not', 平 means 'flat/even', and 等 means 'equal/class'.