反対

See also: 反對 and 反对

Japanese

Kanji in this term
はん
Grade: 3
たい
Grade: 3
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
反對 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Sinitic 反對.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んたい [hàńtáí] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [hã̠nta̠i]

Adjective

(はん)(たい) • (hantai-na (adnominal (はん)(たい) (hantai na), adverbial (はん)(たい) (hantai ni))

  1. opposed
    • 2024 June 4, 竹詰仁 [Hitoshi Takezume], quotee, “第213回国会 参議院 内閣委員会 第18号 令和6年6月4日 [213th Diet House of Councilors Cabinet Committee No. 18 June 4, 2024]”, in 国会会議録検索システム [Diet Proceedings Search System]‎[1], 国立国会図書館 [National Diet Library], retrieved 20 September 2025:
      そして、最も反対な点は、子ども・子育て支援金制度です。
      Soshite, mottomo hantai na ten wa, kodomo ko sodate shien kin seido desu.
      And the thing I am most opposed to is the child and child-rearing support system.

Inflection

Noun

(はん)(たい) • (hantai

  1. opposite, reverse
    Synonym: あべこべ
    (はん)(たい)()()
    Hantai no imi.
    The opposite meaning.
    (あつ)い」の反対(はんたい)は「(さむ)い」。
    “Atsui” no hantai wa “samui”.
    The opposite of “hot” is “cold”.
  2. opposition; disagreement; defiance
    Synonyms: 異議, 対抗, 拒否, 拒絶
    Antonyms: 賛成, 賛同, 容認, 承諾
    もちろん(せん)(そう)には(はん)(たい)
    Mochiron, sensō ni wa hantai da.
    Of course I'm against the war.
    (ぼう)(りょく)(はん)(たい)
    Bōryoku hantai.
    An opposition to violence.
    • 2008 April 20 [2008 March 31], Hidekaz Himaruya, “Meeting of the World”, in Axis Powers ヘタリア [Axis Powers Hetalia], 3rd edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Gentosha, →ISBN:
      (おれ)(はん)(たい)だ!そんな(げん)(じつ)()のない(あん)(さん)(せい)できるか!それとlearned(ラーンド)って()うな!(なん)だよlearned(ラーンド)ってlearnt(ラーント)だバカ!
      Ore wa hantai da! Sonna genjitsumi no nai an sansei dekiru ka! Sore to rāndo tte iu na! Nan da yo rāndo tte rānto da baka!
      I disagree! Who would approve such a nonsensical idea!? And stop saying ‘learned’! It’s ‘learnt’, not ‘learned’, you bloody idiot!
    • 2008 April 20 [2008 March 31], Hidekaz Himaruya, “Meeting of the World”, in Axis Powers ヘタリア [Axis Powers Hetalia], 3rd edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Gentosha, →ISBN:
      じゃあ お(にい)さんはアメリカとイギリスに(はん)(たい)ってことで。
      Jā onī-san wa Amerika to Igirisu ni hantai tte koto de.
      Then I, as big brother, disagree with America and Britain.
      どっちだよ!
      Dotchi da yo!
      You can’t disagree with both!
  3. contrary to one’s expectations or intentions
    (いな)(おか)(すそ)()つたやうな(みち)をぐるぐると(まわ)るやうに、()つても()つてもその(きし)には()ずに、()つて反対(はんたい)(まつ)()(まば)らに()えた(おか)(うえ)へと()()くのを()るであらう。
    Ina, oka no suso ni sotta you na michi o guruguru to mawaru you ni, itte mo itte mo sono kishi ni wa dezu ni, kette hantai ni matsu no ki no mabara ni haeta oka no ue e to dete iku no o miru de arō.
    (please add an English translation of this example)
    Akai Torii, Katai Tayama

See also

Verb

(はん)(たい)する • (hantai surusuru (stem (はん)(たい) (hantai shi), past (はん)(たい)した (hantai shita))

  1. to be opposite to
  2. to oppose to; to object to

Conjugation

References

  • 反対”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.