JLPT N3 · な-adjective

公正 (kousei)

公正 (こうせい, kousei) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “justice; fairness”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
こうせい
Romaji
kousei
Word class
な-adjective
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. justice; fairness; impartiality · noun, な-adjective

Example sentences

王は自分の王国を公正に治めた。
The king ruled his kingdom justly.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 公正

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Present (plain)公正だこうせいだ kouseida
Present (polite)公正ですこうせいです kouseidesu
Negative公正じゃないこうせいじゃない kouseijanai
Past公正だったこうせいだった kouseidatta
Negative past公正じゃなかったこうせいじゃなかった kouseijanakatta
Te-form公正でこうせいで kouseide
Before a noun公正なこうせいな kouseina
Adverb (~ni)公正にこうせいに kouseini

Kanji in 公正

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 公正.

Source: JMdict entry 1274120 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.