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    3. 抵抗

    抵抗

    抵てい抗こう

    resistance

    N3KMT4News #3+1CoreTechnologyScience & MathKanji Vocab15 strokes

    ていこう

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    resistance, opposition, standing up to
    2.
    reluctance, repulsion, repugnance

    Noun

    3.
    resistance, drag, friction
    physics
    4.
    electrical resistance
    abbreviationelectricity, elec. eng.
    5.
    resistor
    abbreviationelectricity, elec. eng.

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    彼かれは変へん化かに抵てい抗こうした。

    He resisted the change.

    KMT3Daily Life
    強つよい風かぜが車くるまの進しん行こうに抵てい抗こうする。

    Strong winds resist the car's progress.

    KMT4Travel & TransportationNature & Environment
    この回かい路ろには抵てい抗こう器きが必ひつ要ようだ。

    This circuit requires a resistor.

    KMT4Science & MathTechnology
    感かん染せん症しょうに対たいする体からだの抵てい抗こう力りょくを高たかめる必ひつ要ようがある。

    It is necessary to boost the body's resistance to infectious diseases.

    KMT5Medicine & HealthScience & Math
    新あたらしいソフトウェアの導どう入にゅうには、従じゅう業ぎょう員いんからの抵てい抗こうがあった。

    There was resistance from employees to the introduction of new software.

    KMT5TechnologyWork & Career

    Kanji that make up this word

    抵
    resist・reach・touch
    抗
    あらが.う…(1)
    confront・resist・defy・oppose
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