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正当 (せいとう): just, due, proper — Japanese vocabulary

正当 is read せいとう and means "just, due, proper". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

正当

Reading
せいとう · seitou
Translation
just, due, proper
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
せいとうが

Example

彼は時々正当な理由もなしに仕事を休む。

かれはときどきせいとうなりゆうもなしにしごとをやすむ。

He sometimes is absent from work without good cause.

Kanji in this word

  • 正 — correct, right
  • 当 — hit, right

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