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    3. 反動

    反動

    反はん動どう

    reaction

    KMT5News #11+1CoreNounScience & MathPolitics & LawKanji Vocab15 strokes

    はんどう

    Noun

    1.
    reaction, recoil, kick, backlash

    Stroke 0 / 15

    Speed1.0x

    銃じゅうを撃うつと反はん動どうがある。

    When you fire a gun, there is recoil.

    KMT4Science & MathMilitary
    その政せい策さくは、国こく民みんから強つよい反はん動どうを招まねいた。

    That policy provoked a strong backlash from the public.

    KMT5Politics & LawEmotions & Psychology
    経けい済ざいの急きゅう成せい長ちょうの後あとは、必かならず反はん動どうが来くるものだ。

    After rapid economic growth, a backlash (or reaction) is bound to come.

    KMT6Business & FinanceCore Concepts
    ロケットは燃ねん料りょうを噴ふん射しゃする反はん動どうで宇う宙ちゅうへ飛とび立たつ。

    Rockets launch into space by the recoil of expelling fuel.

    KMT6Science & MathTechnology
    改かい革かくの動うごきに対たいして、保ほ守しゅ派はからの反はん動どうが強つよまっている。

    The backlash from conservatives against the reform movement is intensifying.

    KMT6Politics & Law

    Kanji that make up this word

    反
    そ.る・そ.らす・かえ.す・かえ.る・-かえ.る…(6)
    anti-
    動
    うご.く・うご.かす…(2)
    move・motion・change・confusion・shift…(1)
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