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JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

対たい抗こう

taikou

to oppose, to compete against

Example sentences

  1. 我々われわれACME Ltd.としては、全力ぜんりょくを持もって敵対的買収てきたいてきばいしゅうに対抗たいこうするものと、明言めいげんしておこう。

    We, ACME Ltd., hereby announce that we will resist with all our strength this hostile takeover.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 私わたしは彼かれに対抗たいこうして入札にゅうさつした。

    I bid against him.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. わがチームは大学だいがく対抗たいこうのトーナメントで優勝ゆうしょうした。

    Our team won in the intercollegiate tournament.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 対抗

  • 対vis-a-vis; oppositeOnタイ・ツイKunあいて・こたえる・そろい
  • 抗confront; resistOnコウKunあらがう

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