JLPT N1 · な-adjective

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

  1. equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms · noun, noun taking の, な-adjective

Example sentences

あなたは私と対等で私より下でも上でもない。
You are my equal; not my inferior or superior.

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.

FormJapaneseReading
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

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 対等.

Source: JMdict entry 1410250 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.