I Love Kanji対等 (taitou)
対等 (たいとう, taitou) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “equality (esp. of status); equal footing”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- たいとう
- Romaji
- taitou
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms · noun, noun taking の, な-adjective
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 対等
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | 対等だ | たいとうだ taitouda |
| Present (polite) | 対等です | たいとうです taitoudesu |
| Negative | 対等じゃない | たいとうじゃない taitoujanai |
| Past | 対等だった | たいとうだった taitoudatta |
| Negative past | 対等じゃなかった | たいとうじゃなかった taitoujanakatta |
| Te-form | 対等で | たいとうで taitoude |
| Before a noun | 対等な | たいとうな taitouna |
| Adverb (~ni) | 対等に | たいとうに taitouni |
Kanji in 対等
対
vis-a-vis, opposite, evenタイ・ツイ・あいて・こた.える · 7 strokes等
etc., and so forth, class (first)トウ・ひと.しい・など · 12 strokesRelated words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 対等.
反対はんたいopposition対たいversus対ついpair絶対ぜったいabsolutely対象たいしょうtarget対照たいしょうcontrast応対おうたいdealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.)対策たいさくmeasure対立たいりつconfrontation相対そうたいrelativity対応たいおうcorrespondence (to)対決たいけつconfrontation対抗たいこうopposition対処たいしょdealing with
Source: JMdict entry 1410250 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.