正|せいsei[1]atamadaka (head-high)
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- no-adjective(logical) true; regular
- numeral10^40; ten duodecillion
- no-adjectiveoriginal
- no-adjective, mathpositive; greater than zero
- noun, philosophythesis (in dialectics)
- RelatedまともNeutralRead まとも. Covers the front side and being decent or upright, as in 「まともな人」「まともに答える」; common in speech, and mostly about how people behave.
- Related正しさNeutralRefers to correctness or validity, as in 「主張の正しさ」; it is the noun form, whereas 「正」 mostly serves as a prefix or technical term.
- Antonym邪よこしまWrittenWicked or immoral, as in 「邪な考え」. A written-style word, it opposes 「正」 in terms of good and evil.
- Antonym誤ごWrittenMeans error; mostly used as a prefix or in 「正誤」. A written-style word, it is the direct opposite of 「正」.
「正」 is mostly a technical term or used in paired expressions like 「正と負」 and 「正誤」. For 'correct' in daily speech use 「正しい」, for 'decent' use 「まとも」; 「誤」 and 「邪」 are its written-style opposites.
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