Four-Character Idiom · People & Bonds · Kyojuro Rengoku

こうへいむし Kōhei Mushi "Fair, Without Self" JLPT N1 Educated vocabulary

Meaning

To judge a person or situation without personal bias, evaluating only what is actually present rather than what one prefers to see.

個人の感情や偏見にとらわれず、相手の現在の状態と過程を正当に評価する姿勢。

The Kyojuro Rengoku line

Verbatim from the source article

「この少年は弱くない 侮辱するな」

"THIS BOY ISN'T WEAK. DO NOT INSULT HIM."

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Why it fits Kyojuro Rengoku

Rengoku's defence of a junior against a more senior fighter's dismissal is kōhei-mushi as a single-line judgment. He has no relationship with the boy beyond seeing the actual effort in front of him — and that is enough to overturn the room's ranking.

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