均等|きんとうkintou[0]heiban (flat)

1. na-adjective, no-adjectiveequal (distribution, treatment, level, etc.); even; uniform
   ガスストーブは料理りょうりするのに最もっとも均等きんとうな熱ねつを供給きょうきゅうする。↗

   A gas stove provides the most even heat for cooking.

• Synonym等しいひとしいWrittenWritten. An adjective for things being equal or equivalent; 均等 stresses that shares, opportunities and the like are equal.
• Synonym均一きんいつNeutralNeutral. Uniform in quality or price, as in 「百円均一」; 均等 stresses equal shares or opportunities.
• Synonym平等びょうどうNeutralNeutral. Even-handed treatment with no discrimination, as in 「男女平等」; 均等 stresses equal quantities or opportunities.
• Synonym同等どうとうNeutralNeutral. The same rank or degree; 均等 stresses that the parties' shares are equal to one another.
• SynonymイコールCasualColloquial loanword for 'equal' or the equals sign; 均等 stresses equal shares or opportunities.
• Synonym一律いちりつWrittenWritten. Treating everyone or everything alike under one rule; 均等 stresses that each party's share is equal.
• Synonym一様いちようWrittenWritten. Uniform, or simply ordinary; 均等 stresses equal shares.
• Synonym同じおなじCasualColloquial and by far the most common way to say 'the same'; 均等 stresses equal shares or opportunities.
• Related同様どうようNeutralNeutral. The same as or just like something else; 均等 stresses equal quantities or opportunities.
• Related画一かくいつWrittenWritten. Uniformity imposed without regard to individuality, one-size-fits-all; 均等 is neutral.
• Related同質どうしつWrittenWritten. The same in nature or quality; 均等 is about quantity and opportunity.
• Related均質きんしつWrittenWritten. Uniform in texture or quality throughout; 均等 stresses equal shares.
• Related同質的どうしつてきWrittenWritten. Homogeneous, of the same makeup; 均等 stresses equal shares.
• Related等質とうしつWrittenWritten. Uniform in quality; 均等 stresses equal quantity.
• Related画一的かくいつてきWrittenWritten, derogatory: everything cut to the same pattern, lacking individuality; 均等 is neutral.
• Antonym偏りかたよりNeutralNeutral. Leaning or skewed toward one side; the opposite of 均等.
• Antonym不均等ふきんとうWrittenWritten. The direct opposite of 均等: uneven, unequal, out of balance.

Use 「均等」 for quantities, opportunities or treatment being evenly equal, as in 「均等に分ける」 and 「機会均等」. For treatment without discrimination pick 「平等」, for uniform price or quality 「均一」, and for across-the-board handling 「一律」. The rest overlap only partly: 「等しい」 and 「同じ」 say things are simply the same, 「同等」 the same rank, 「一様」 and 「画一」 uniform, and 「均質」 and 「同質」 alike in quality. The opposites are 「不均等」 and 「偏り」.

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1. 量りょうなどが均ひとしいこと。