See also: 反动

Chinese

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wrong side out or up; anti-
to move; to change; to use
to move; to change; to use; to act
 
trad. (反動)
simp. (反动)

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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反動

  1. reactionary

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  • (attributive) 白色 (báisè)

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Noun

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反動

  1. reaction

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
はん
Grade: 3
どう
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(はん)(どう) (handō

  1. reaction, especially oppositions to changes
    それは()(しゅ)反動(はんどう)だ。
    Sore wa hoshu handō da.
    That is reactionary and conservative.
  2. (weaponry) recoil, kickback, repercussion

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.