正せい義ぎ

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

Refers to moral rightness, fairness, or the principle of justice in a broad sense. Common in everyday and formal contexts.

correct meaning; correct explanation

Used mainly in titles of annotated editions of Confucian classics, where it means the orthodox interpretation or correct explanation of a text.

正せい義ぎを守まもるto uphold/protect justice
彼かれは正せい義ぎを守まもるために危き険けんを冒おかした。
He took risks to uphold justice.
正せい義ぎのために戦たたかうto fight for justice
彼かれらは正せい義ぎのために戦たたかい続つづけた。
They kept fighting for justice.
正せい義ぎを貫つらぬくto stick to one's principles of justice
彼かれは最さい後ごまで正せい義ぎを貫つらぬいた。
He held firm to his sense of justice to the very end.
正せい義ぎを実じつ現げんするto bring about justice
裁さい判ばん官かんは正せい義ぎを実じつ現げんするために努ど力りょくした。
The judge worked to bring about justice.

正せい義ぎの味み方かたchampion of justice; knight in shining armor; crime avenger; hero; superhero
正せい義ぎの名なにおいてin the name of justice

公こう正せいN2sense 1
公正 stresses impartial, procedural fairness, whereas 正義 carries a broader moral sense of righteousness or justice as an ideal.
義ぎ sense 1
義 is the older, more abstract notion of duty or righteousness often seen in compounds, while 正義 is the everyday modern word for justice.
正せい当とうN1sense 1
正当 describes something as legitimate or rightful in a specific case, while 正義 is the wider moral principle of justice itself.
是ぜ
正義 is the common, everyday word for justice or righteousness, while 是 is a more abstract, literary term often paired with 非 in fixed expressions.

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大たい義ぎ
正義 means justice or righteousness in a general sense, while 大義 emphasizes a grand, overarching cause or principle that justifies action.
公こう道どう
正義 is the common, everyday word for justice, while 公道 is a more formal, literary term for the righteous path.
正せい道どう
正道 emphasizes the concrete path or way of righteous living, while 正義 refers to justice or righteousness as an abstract principle.

悪あくN2sense 1
悪 (evil) is the moral opposite of 正義 (justice), the classic good-versus-evil contrast.

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A Sino-Japanese word composed of 正 (correct, right) and 義 (righteousness, morality). The reading せいぎ follows the standard on'yomi of the characters.