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反対

はんたい

opposition, objection

Mnemonic

Turned over and facing the other way, which is what being against a thing actually looks like. A hand はん up and the same tie たい turned right round. I am: はんたい.

Worth knowing

Also does the opposite as a noun: 反対の方向 is the other direction.

Built from

opposite, turn back
A cliff with 又 a hand underneath, turning something back the way it came.
facing, opposite
寸 a hand held out toward whatever is across from it.

Words sharing these kanji

reaction, response absolutely correspondence, equivalence, response target, object

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