対極

Japanese

Kanji in this term
対	極
たい Grade: 3	きょく Grade: 4
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
對極 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) たいきょく [tàíkyókú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ta̠ikʲo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

対(たい)極(きょく) • (taikyoku) ^{←たいきよく (taikyoku)?}

1. polar opposite; antipode; antithesis

   ○○とは対極(たいきょく)の存在(そんざい)

   ○○ to wa taikyoku no sonzai

   being the polar opposite of X