noun, takes genitive case の, adjectival noun or quasi-adjective

  1. equality (esp. of status), equal footing, equal terms.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
対等 たいとう

Contained Kanji Breakdown

vis-a-vis, opposite, even
タイ つし ツイ (3rd, N3)
sentence, literature, style
ブン モン も (1st, N4)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ ゲ おさ.める (Kentei 1)
measurement, tenth of a shaku, a little
スン す みき (6th, N1)
etc., and so forth, class (first)
トウ ひと.しい -ら (3rd, N3)
bamboo
たけ チク たか (1st, N2)
individual(個) variant
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ かぎ (Kentei 1)
Buddhist temple
てら ジ (2nd, N2)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
measurement, tenth of a shaku, a little
スン す みき (6th, N1)