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対象

たいしょう

target, object

Mnemonic

The figure you are turned to face, which is who the thing is aimed at. The same tie たい as 対応, and a show しょう put on for university students: たいしょう.

Built from

facing, opposite
寸 a hand held out toward whatever is across from it.
elephant, figure
A pictograph of an elephant, trunk included. It also does the shape or figure that a thing presents.

Words sharing these kanji

absolutely correspondence, equivalence, response opposition, objection impression

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