合ごう法ほう

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

na-adjective, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun

Describes something that conforms to the law or is officially permitted. Used in legal, business, and everyday contexts.

〈事こと〉は合ごう法ほうであるfor something to be legal
その取とり引ひきは合ごう法ほうである。
That transaction is legal.
合ごう法ほう的てきに〈動どう詞し〉to do something in a legal manner
会かい社しゃは合ごう法ほう的てきに運うん営えいされている。
The company is operated legally.
〈事こと〉を合ごう法ほう化かするto legalize something
多おおくの国くにが大たい麻まを合ごう法ほう化かした。
Many countries have legalized marijuana.
合ごう法ほうな〈物もの〉a legal (means/way of doing something)
合ごう法ほうな手しゅ段だんで問もん題だいを解かい決けつするべきだ。
We should resolve the problem through legal means.

適てき法ほう
適法 is a more formal, strictly legalistic way to say 'lawful', often used in legal writing, whereas 合法 is the everyday, general-purpose term.
法ほう定てい
合法 means lawful or not illegal, describing permissibility, while 法定 means something is specifically established or required by statute.
法ほう的てきN1
合法 specifically means 'lawful, permitted by law', while 法的 more broadly means 'relating to law' without implying legality.
合ごう法ほう的てき
合法 is the plain noun/na-adjective for 'legality', while 合法的 is the more descriptive na-adjective form typically used to modify nouns like 手段 or 方法.
正せい当とうN1
合法 means legal in a strict law-abiding sense, whereas 正当 can include moral or social justification beyond mere legality.

違い法ほうN1
違法 means 'illegal' and is the most common direct opposite of 合法, both used for actions, activities, or substances.
非ひ合ごう法ほう
非合法 also means 'illegal' but carries a stronger sense of 'underground' or 'unauthorized' activity, while 合法 simply means 'in accordance with the law'.
アングラ
合法 means legal and above-board, contrasting with アングラ's sense of hidden or illegal activity.

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不ふ法ほうN1
合法 means legal or lawful, the direct opposite of 不法 (illegal).
無む法ほうN1
合法 means legal or lawful, the direct opposite of the lawlessness described by 無法.

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Sino-Japanese compound of 合 (match, fit) and 法 (law), literally 'conforming to the law'.