反

Meaning

反 centers on opposition and reversal: being against something, turning back, or bending away from a straight path. The single gloss 'anti-' captures the core idea of facing or moving in the opposite direction.

• 反応はんのう
  N2

  reaction; response

• 反対はんたい
  N4

  opposition; resistance; antagonism; hostility; objection; dissent

• 違反いはん
  N3

  violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement; contravention

• 反はん
  N2

  anti-

• 反映はんえい
  N2

  reflection (of light)

• 反発はんぱつ
  N1

  opposition; rebellion; revolt; resistance; backlash; refusal

• 反省はんせい
  N3

  reflection; reconsideration; introspection; meditation; contemplation

• 反乱はんらん
  N1

  insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising

• 反射はんしゃ
  N1

  reflection; reverberation

• 反するはんする
  N1

  to be contrary (to); to go against; to run counter (to); to contradict; to be opposite (to)

• 反撃はんげき
  N1

  counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow

• 反論はんろん
  N2

  objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument

• 反日はんにち
  N1

  anti-Japanese

• 反面はんめん
  N2

  while; although; though; but

• 反抗はんこう
  N3

  opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion

• 反響はんきょう
  N1

  echo; reverberation

• 反動はんどう
  N1

  reaction; recoil; kick; backlash

• 反転はんてん

  rolling over; turning over

• 反則はんそく
  N1

  foul; breaking the rules

• 反逆はんぎゃく
  N1

  treason; treachery; mutiny; rebellion; insurrection

• 反るそる
  N1

  to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend

• 反復はんぷく

  repetition; repeat; reiteration

• 反感はんかん
  N1

  antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling

• 反戦はんせん
  N1

  anti-war

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