抵てい抗こう

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抵抗する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	抵てい抗こうする	抵てい抗こうしない
Polite	抵てい抗こうします	抵てい抗こうしません
Past polite	抵てい抗こうしました	抵てい抗こうしませんでした
Past	抵てい抗こうした	抵てい抗こうしなかった
Te-form	抵てい抗こうして	抵てい抗こうしないで
Desire	抵てい抗こうしたい	抵てい抗こうしたくない
Potential	抵てい抗こうできる	抵てい抗こうできない
Passive	抵てい抗こうされる	抵てい抗こうされない
Causative	抵てい抗こうさせる	抵てい抗こうさせない
Causative passive	抵てい抗こうさせられる	抵てい抗こうさせられない
Volitional	抵てい抗こうしよう
Polite volitional	抵てい抗こうしましょう
Imperative	抵てい抗こうしろ	抵てい抗こうするな
Conditional	抵てい抗こうすれば	抵てい抗こうしなければ
Tara conditional	抵てい抗こうしたら	抵てい抗こうしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

resistance; opposition; standing up to

Active opposition or defiance against authority, pressure, or an opposing force. Often used in social, political, or personal contexts.

市し民みんは新あたらしい法ほう律りつに抵てい抗こうした。
The citizens resisted the new law.
彼かれは誘ゆう惑わくに抵てい抗こうできなかった。
He couldn't resist the temptation.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

reluctance; aversion; repulsion

Psychological resistance or unwillingness; a feeling of not wanting to do or accept something. Often used with 感じる or がある.

彼かれはその提てい案あんに強つよい抵てい抗こうを感かんじた。
He felt strong resistance to the proposal.
新あたらしい環かん境きょうに抵てい抗こうがある人ひともいる。
Some people have an aversion to new environments.

noun

resistance; drag; friction

physics

Physical resistance in physics: the force opposing motion, such as air resistance or friction.

空くう気き抵てい抗こうを減へらすために車くるまの形かたちを変かえた。
They changed the car's shape to reduce air resistance.

noun

electrical resistance

abbreviationelectricity / electronics

Abbreviation of 電気抵抗. Used in electrical engineering contexts.

Usage patterns

〈事こと〉に抵てい抗こうするto resist/oppose something
彼かれは権けん力りょくに抵てい抗こうした。
He resisted the authorities.
抵てい抗こうを感かんじるto feel reluctant/resistant about something
その提てい案あんには抵てい抗こうを感かんじる。
I feel reluctant about that proposal.
〈物もの〉の抵てい抗こうを受うけるto encounter the resistance/drag of something (physical force)
自じ転てん車しゃは風かぜの抵てい抗こうを受うけて速そく度どが落おちた。
The bicycle slowed down due to wind resistance.
抵てい抗こう値ちを測はかるto measure the resistance value (electrical)
テスターで抵てい抗こう値ちを測はかった。
I measured the resistance value with a tester.
抵てい抗こうを取とり付つけるto install a resistor
基き板ばんに抵てい抗こうを取とり付つけた。
I installed a resistor on the circuit board.
〈事こと〉に抵てい抗こうがあるto have reservations/resistance about something
彼かの女じょは転てん職しょくに抵てい抗こうがあるようだ。
She seems to have reservations about changing jobs.

Expressions

抵てい抗こうを試こころみるoffer resistance; put up resistance

Kanji

抵resist, reach, touch
抗confront, resist, defy

Related words· 13

反はん抗こうN3sense 1
反抗 implies open rebellion or defiance against authority with a confrontational tone, while 抵抗 is broader and can be passive or non-confrontational resistance.
反はん発ぱつN1sense 1
反発 conveys a strong, often emotional pushback or rejection, whereas 抵抗 can describe a milder, more rational form of resistance.
抗あらがう sense 1
抗う is a literary verb meaning to struggle against or defy, while 抵抗 is the neutral noun/する-verb used in everyday and technical contexts alike.
レジスタンス
抵抗 is the general Japanese word for resistance in any sense (physical, electrical, psychological), while レジスタンス specifically denotes an organized political or military resistance movement.

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抗こう戦せん
抵抗 is a broad term for resistance—physical, psychological, or technical—while 抗戦 specifically means fighting back against an enemy or hostile force in a conflict.
摩ま擦さつN2
抵抗 is the broader term for resistance and can overlap with 摩擦 in physics, but 摩擦 is specifically about surfaces rubbing against each other.
耐たい性せい
抵抗 is a broader term covering physical, electrical, or psychological resistance and can also mean reluctance, while 耐性 specifically denotes a built-up tolerance to a particular agent like drugs or stress.
反はん対たいN4
抵抗 emphasizes active resistance or pushback (often physical or emotional), whereas 反対 focuses on disagreeing with an idea or proposal.
逆さからうN3
抵抗する focuses on resisting force or pressure (physical, political, etc.), while 逆らう more broadly means to go against a person, order, or trend.
難なん色しょく
抵抗 implies actively resisting something, while 難色 merely signals hesitance or disapproval without necessarily fighting it.
歯は向むかうN1
抵抗する focuses on resisting force or pressure and can be passive (like resisting temptation), whereas 歯向かう implies actively turning on and confronting an opponent.
楯たて突つくN1
抵抗する is a neutral term for resisting force or pressure, while 楯突く specifically describes verbally defying a superior with a rebellious attitude.
あがくN1
抵抗する means to resist an opposing force directly, while 足掻く focuses on thrashing or struggling helplessly rather than actively pushing back.

Opposites· 5

服ふく従じゅうN1sense 1
服従 means submission or obedience, the direct opposite of 抵抗's sense of resisting or opposing.
降こう伏ふくN1
抵抗 means to resist or fight back, the opposite of 降伏, which means to give up and submit.
なびくN1
抵抗する means to resist or fight back, the opposite of 靡く's sense of yielding or bowing to pressure.

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投とう降こう
抵抗 means to resist or fight back, the opposite of 投降, which means to stop resisting and give oneself up.
退しりぞくN1
抵抗する means to resist or oppose, the opposite of 退く's sense of conceding or backing down in an argument.

Don't confuse with

提てい供きょうN2
提供 (to provide, offer) sounds similar to 抵抗 (resistance) but has an entirely unrelated meaning.
対たい抗こうN1
抵抗 means to resist or push back against a force (often physical or psychological), while 対抗 means to rival or compete against an opponent in a structured contest.
抵てい触しょく
抵抗 shares the kanji 抵 with 抵触 but means resistance or opposition to a force, not legal or logical conflict.

Counted with

個こN5sense 5
抵抗 in the sense of a resistor is counted with 個, the general counter for small discrete objects.

Word family· 32

抵てい抗こう体たい
resistive element
抵てい抗こう力りょく
resistance; power of resistance
抵てい抗こう器き
resistor
抵てい抗こう性せい
resistance; resistivity; resistibility
抵てい抗こう感かん
feeling of resistance; reluctance; antipathy

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抵てい抗こう率りつ
resistivity
抵てい抗こう線せん
resistance level · resistance wire · line of resistance
比ひ抵てい抗こう
resistivity; specific resistance
無む抵てい抗こう
nonresistance; unresisting
体たい積せき抵てい抗こう
volume resistivity

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Written forms

抵てい抗こうUsage100%
Standard kanji spelling for all senses.
テイコウUsage<1%

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 抵抗 (tejX kangX). The kanji 抵 means 'to resist' or 'to oppose', and 抗 means 'to oppose' or 'to defy'. The combination naturally yields the meaning of resistance or opposition.