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反抗 (はんこう): opposition, resistance — Japanese vocabulary

反抗 is read はんこう and means "opposition, resistance". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

反抗

Reading
はんこう · hankou
Translation
opposition, resistance
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
はんこうが

Example

彼は、前の政府に劣らず圧制的な現政府に公然と反抗している。

かれは、まえのせいふにおとらずあっせいてきなげんせいふにこうぜんとはんこうしている。

He defies the present government which is no less oppressive than its predecessor.

Kanji in this word

  • 反 — anti, opposite
  • 抗 — resist, oppose

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