正せい当とう

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Meanings

Used for actions, claims, rights, or procedures that are morally or legally justified, fair, or in accordance with accepted standards.

正せい当とうな〈事こと〉a legitimate/justifiable ~ (reason, claim, etc.)
彼かれには会かい社しゃを辞やめる正せい当とうな理り由ゆうがあった。
He had a legitimate reason for quitting the company.
〈事こと〉を正せい当とうと認みとめるto acknowledge something as legitimate/justified
裁さい判ばん所しょはその主しゅ張ちょうを正せい当とうと認みとめた。
The court recognized the claim as legitimate.
正せい当とうな権けん利りa legitimate/rightful claim (right)
それは彼かの女じょの正せい当とうな権けん利りです。
That is her rightful entitlement.
正せい当とうに〈動どう詞し〉to (do something) fairly/properly
彼かれの努ど力りょくは正せい当とうに評ひょう価かされるべきだ。
His efforts should be fairly evaluated.

正せい義ぎN1
正義 refers to abstract justice or righteousness as a moral ideal, while 正当 describes whether a specific action or claim is justifiable or legitimate.
合ごう法ほうN1
合法 means legal in a strict law-abiding sense, whereas 正当 can include moral or social justification beyond mere legality.
妥だ当とうN2
妥当 stresses that something is reasonable or fitting for the situation, while 正当 stresses that it is rightfully justified or legitimate.
適てき正せい
適正 describes something as properly suited or at an appropriate level (e.g. price, size), while 正当 focuses on moral or legal justification.

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正せい規きN1
正当 focuses on being justified or rightful in a moral/legal sense, whereas 正規 focuses on following a set procedure or standard.
正ただしいN4
正当 is used for legal or logical justification (a legitimate claim or reason), whereas 正しい is the everyday word for something being right.
立りっ派ぱN4
正当 is the standard formal word for legitimate or justified, while 立派 only carries that sense in specific contexts and usually means splendid or admirable.

不ふ当とうN1
不当 means unjust or unfair, the direct opposite of 正当 which means just or legitimate.
非ひ道どう
正当 means 'legitimate' or 'proper,' the opposite of 非道's sense of being unjust and inhuman.
不ふ正せいN3
正当 means legitimate or justified, contrasting with the wrongdoing or illegality implied by 不正.

正せい統とう
正統 (same reading as 正当) means orthodox or legitimate in lineage/tradition, while 正当 means justifiable or fair in a given act or claim.
政せい党とうN2
政党 (political party) and 正当 (justified, legitimate) are pronounced identically but have completely unrelated meanings.
正せい道どう
正道 means the morally correct path in life, whereas 正当 means legitimate or justified, describing an act or claim rather than a way of living.

Sino-Japanese compound of 正 (correct, just) and 当 (right, appropriate).