JLPT N1 · な-adjective

正当 (seitou)

正当 (せいとう, seitou) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “just; justifiable”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
せいとう
Romaji
seitou
Word class
な-adjective
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. just; justifiable; right; due; proper · な-adjective, noun

Example sentences

先生は彼女に正当な取り扱いをしなかった。
The teacher didn't do her justice.

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

Conjugation of 正当

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

FormJapaneseReading
Present (plain)正当だせいとうだ seitouda
Present (polite)正当ですせいとうです seitoudesu
Negative正当じゃないせいとうじゃない seitoujanai
Past正当だったせいとうだった seitoudatta
Negative past正当じゃなかったせいとうじゃなかった seitoujanakatta
Te-form正当でせいとうで seitoude
Before a noun正当なせいとうな seitouna
Adverb (~ni)正当にせいとうに seitouni

Kanji in 正当

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 正当.

Source: JMdict entry 1377660 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.