正せい解かい

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正解する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

correct answer; right solution; correct interpretation

Used for the correct answer to a question, problem, or puzzle. Also used for the right interpretation of a situation or statement.

right decision; right choice; appropriate judgment

Refers to making the right decision or choice in a situation, often with a nuance of moral or practical correctness.

〈事こと〉が正せい解かいだX is the correct answer/decision
彼かれの答こたえが正せい解かいだった。
His answer turned out to be correct.
〈事こと〉は正せい解かいだったX turned out to be the right decision
早はやめに出しゅっ発ぱつしたのは正せい解かいだった。
Leaving early turned out to be the right decision.
正せい解かいを出だすto come up with/give the correct answer
誰だれも正せい解かいを出だせなかった。
No one could come up with the correct answer.
正せい解かいを選えらぶto choose the correct answer/option
四よっつの選せん択たく肢しから正せい解かいを選えらんだ。
I chose the correct answer from the four options.

解かい答とうN3sense 1
解答 is the neutral word for an answer or solution submitted to a problem, while 正解 specifically means the answer that is correct.
正せい答とうN3sense 1
正答 is a slightly more formal, test-oriented word for a correct answer, while 正解 is the everyday word used in quizzes, conversation, and decisions alike.
答こたえN5sense 1
答え is the plain, everyday word for 'answer' regardless of correctness, while 正解 stresses that the answer is the right one.
正ただしいN4sense 2
正しい is the adjective meaning 'correct', while 正解 is the noun naming the correct answer or choice itself.

不ふ正せい解かい sense 1
不正解 means an incorrect answer, the direct opposite of 正解's correct answer.
誤あやまりN3
正解 means the correct answer, the direct opposite of 誤り, which means an incorrect one.
間ま違ちがいN3
正解 means the correct answer, the direct opposite of 間違い as an incorrect one.

正せい確かくN3
正確 means 'accurate/precise' while 正解 means 'the correct answer'; the similar kanji and reading often trip up learners.

Compound of 正 (correct) and 解 (solution, interpretation). The reading is on'yomi.