Illustration: During a tidy-up in a Japanese apartment, a parent holds a shabby stuffed rabbit above an open rubbish bag, eyebrows raised as if proposing that it be discarded. Facing them, a child plants both feet firmly and crosses their forearms in a decisive refusal.

JLPT N4na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

反はん対たい

hantai

opposed, against

Use 〜に反対 for ‘against …’. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしの計画けいかくに反対はんたいですか。

    Are you against my plan?

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  2. いや、私わたしは反対はんたいです。

    I oppose it.

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  3. 母ははは喫煙きつえんに反対はんたいだ。

    My mother is against smoking.

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Kanji in 反対

  • 反anti-Onハン・ホン・タンKunそる・そらす・かえす
  • 対vis-a-vis; oppositeOnタイ・ツイKunあいて・こたえる・そろい

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