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    3. 対極

    対極

    対たい極きょく

    antipodes

    KMT8News #23+1NounReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab19 strokes

    たいきょく

    Noun

    1.
    antipodes
    2.
    other (opposite) extreme, opposite, antithesis

    Stroke 0 / 19

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    彼かれらの意い見けんは対たい極きょくにある。

    Their opinions are at opposite extremes.

    KMT6Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    彼かれの考かんがえ方かたは私わたしのそれとは対たい極きょくにある。

    His way of thinking is the complete opposite of mine.

    KMT8Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    都と会かいの喧けん騒そうと田いな舎かの静しずけさは、まさに生せい活かつの対たい極きょくだ。

    The hustle and bustle of the city and the tranquility of the countryside are truly opposite extremes of life.

    KMT8Daily LifeCulture & TraditionsNature & Environment
    善ぜんと悪あくは、哲てつ学がくにおいて常つねに議ぎ論ろんされる対たい極きょくの概がい念ねんだ。

    Good and evil are antithetical concepts always debated in philosophy.

    KMT9Religion & PhilosophyphilosophyLiterature
    仏ぶっ教きょうの教おしえは、物ぶっ質しつ主しゅ義ぎとは対たい極きょくの精せい神しん性せいを重とうとんじる。

    Buddhist teachings value a spirituality that is the antithesis of materialism.

    KMT9Religion & PhilosophyphilosophyCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    対
    あいて・こた.える・そろ.い・つれあ.い・なら.ぶ・むか.う…(3)
    vis-a-vis・opposite・even・equal・versus…(2)
    極
    きわ.める・きわ.まる・きわ.まり・きわ.み・き.める・-ぎ.め…(3)
    poles・settlement・conclusion・end・highest rank…(6)
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