Illustration: In a community pottery studio, an instructor places two finished bowls directly beside each other on the same low pedestal. One is perfectly smooth and precisely circular; the other is rugged, lumpy, and dramatically crooked.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

対たい比ひ

taihi

to contrast

Example sentences

  1. 空そらと山やまの対比たいひが鮮烈せんれつだ。

    The contrast between the sky and the mountain is striking.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 私わたしはよく兄あにと対比たいひされる。

    I am often contrasted with my brother.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. のちにこれと対比たいひして北山文化きたやまぶんかという用語ようごも生うまれた。

    As opposed to this, the term, 'Kitayama culture' was also created later.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 対比

  • 対vis-a-vis; oppositeOnタイ・ツイKunあいて・こたえる・そろい
  • 比compare; raceOnヒKunくらべる

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