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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

対たい極きょく

taikyoku

polar opposite

Example sentences

  1. 青あおが赤あかの対極たいきょくに位置付いちづけられる例れいもある。

    There are some cases that blue is positioned as the polar opposite of red.

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  2. おしゃれなデートコースとしての映画館えいがかんという風潮ふうちょうとは対極たいきょくに位置いちすることもあり、ライバルであった東宝とうほうには大おおきく水みずをあけられた。

    Toei did not embrace the trend of the movie theater being a fancy date spot, and as a consequence was left far behind its rival company, Toho.

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

  3. 逸雲いつうんは筆ふでが早はやく、遅筆ちひつの鉄翁てつおうと対極たいきょくをなした。

    Itsuun worked quickly with the brush, the polar opposite of Tetsuo, who worked slowly.

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

Kanji in 対極

  • 対vis-a-vis; oppositeOnタイ・ツイKunあいて・こたえる・そろい
  • 極extreme; poleOnキョク・ゴクKunきわめる・きわまる・きわまり

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