同等どうとう Common I-adj Noun Noun English jmdict 1 adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'noun (common) (futsuumeishi) equality;equal;same rights;same rank;equivalence 1メートルは1ヤードとは完全に同等ではない。 A meter is not quite equivalent to a yard.