How to say "right" in Japanese

• 右みぎJLPT N5approx.Common
  no-adjectiveThe direction or side: the right-hand side, as opposed to left, as in turning right or the door on the right. This is the word for spatial 'right'.
  ２つ目めの角かどを右みぎに曲まがりなさい。↗

  Turn right at the second corner.
• ええJLPT N5approx.Common
  interjectionAn affirmative reply: you say this to agree with what someone has just said, meaning 'yes, that is right.' It works as an answer in dialogue, not as a description of something being correct.
  ええ、ほとんど私と同おなじくらいの背丈せたけになっていますよ。↗

  Yes, he's almost as tall as I am.
• 正しいただしいJLPT N4approx.Common
  i-adjectiveThe adjective for something that is correct or right: the right answer, the right way to do it, the right thing to do. It contrasts with being wrong or mistaken.
  これが正ただしいかどうか自信じしんがないんだ。↗

  I'm not sure if this is correct.
• ライトCommon
  nounThe borrowed English rendering of 'right'. For the direction you need 右 and for 'correct' 正しい, so this katakana word is seldom what you want in an ordinary sentence.
• 権けんJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun (suffix), nounThe noun for a right as an entitlement — a legal right to do something. Use it when talking about rights in the legal sense, not for direction or for 'correct'.
  息子むすこは二人ふたりとも王位おうい継承けいしょう権けんがあると主張しゅちょうした。↗

  Both sons pretended to the throne.

Choose 右 for the direction, 「正しい」 for what is correct, 「ええ」 to agree with someone, 権 for a right as an entitlement; 「ライト」 is seldom needed.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 右みぎright
• ええyes
• 正しいただしいright
• ライトright
• 権けんright (to do something)
• 権利けんりright
• 当然とうぜんnatural
• 正義せいぎjustice
• 善ぜんgood
• 正当せいとうjust
• 妥当だとうvalid
• 順当じゅんとうproper
• ちょうどexactly
• 筋合いすじあいreason
• 穏当おんとうproper
• そっかoh
• 適切てきせつappropriate
• 的確てきかくaccurate
• 道理どうりreason
• 真まjust
• 正しくただしくright
• 是ぜrighteousness
• まともにright (in front)
• だからよyes
• いっちょwell then
• 真んまんperfect
• 本当ほんとうproper
• さあall right
• まさにright (when)
• そうかI see
• 当とうright
• 時にときにprecisely (at that time)
• すぐright (near)
• ああuh huh
• 一丁いっちょうwell then