Keyword
be against
Info
FrequencyTop 200-300
Type
Kyōiku (3rd grade) 
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KankenLevel 8
Heisig779
Readings
はん
(95%)
(1%)
(1%)
Composed of
cliff
once again
Mnemonic

A pirate says "Yarr, once again we be against a mighty storm, best hide under that cliff!"

Used in kanji (10 in total)
return something
temporary
meal
plank
Used in vocabulary (551 in total)
reaction; response
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
reflexive; reflecting
opposite side; opposition
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement
to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to oppose; to rebel
exactly opposite (of)
opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
against; contrary to
reflection (light, image, situation, attitude, etc.); reflecting; influence; application (e.g. of an update)
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive
foul play (sport); breaking the rules; infringement; irregularity
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over something; pondering
opposite side; reverse; (on the) other hand
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
treason; treachery; mutiny; rebellion; insurrection
antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling
to bend; to warp; to curve
to be contrary; to run counter (to); to conflict (with); to disagree (with)
to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
rebellious; defiant
against the rules
rebellion; uprising; insurrection; (arch.) treason
to warp; to bend backwards; to throw the head (or shoulders) back; to throw out the chest
reflexively; reflectively; by reflex
rebellious phase; rebellious age
repetition; iteration; recursion; recurrence; recapitulation
contrary to one's expectations
to throw away as useless; to scrap; to make null and void; to renege; to annul
to rise in revolt; to raise the standard of revolt
breach of manners; breach of etiquette
opposition faction
to be nauseating; to be disgusting; to be revolting; to throw up; to vomit
evaluation meeting; postmortem session; review meeting
dissenting opinion; opposite viewpoint; contraview
estrangement; alienation; disaffection
(organ) rejection; unthinking dismissal; strong reaction (against)
inverse proportion
to antagonize; to provoke antipathy
refutation; rebuttal; retort
variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres); six ken (10.91 m)
to be puffed up with pride; to throw out one's chest
bloody vomit
on the other hand
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
enmity; antagonism; hostility
going against one's will; contrary to one's intentions; going against one's desire; going contrary to one's wishes
chemical reaction; generation of an unexpected result from combining things
diffuse reflection; diffused reflection; irregular reflection
warp; curvature; curve; arch
cross-examination; retort; asking in return
sign of remorse; indication of regret
proof to the contrary; disproof; counter-evidence; rebuttal; refutation
inversion; opposition; conflicting; repulsion; contradiction
bad example from which one can learn; good example of what not to do (esp. how not to behave); negative example
strong opposition; vehement opposition
strong opposition
vomit; vomiting
counteroffensive
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
fabric; cloth; textiles; measure of kimono material
written apology; written statement of regret
wastepaper; scrap paper
antisocial; contrary to public order or morality; offensive; sociopathic; immoral; obscene
breach of the rules
antinomy; self-contradiction; either-or situation; choice between mutually exclusive alternatives
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
reaction of a living body
offender; transgressor; violator
to look away; to avert one's eyes
practice by repetition; learning by rote
chain reaction; nuclear chain reaction
violently disagreeing; strongly opposing; setting one's heart against
to bend oneself backward
reviving the dead; calling back the spirits of the dead
repellent force; resiliency; elasticity
foe; opponent; adversary; dissenter
rebellious spirit
repetition; iteration; recursion; recurrence; recapitulation
unable to get along; unable to cooperate; unable to hit it off; not seeing eye to eye
one-tenth hectare
wastepaper; scrap paper
anti-establishment
exceeding the speed limit; speeding
(repeated) side stepping (stamina test); side-step test
forces of opposition; opposing forces; counterforce
irony; rhetorical question
furious opposition; strong opposition; vehement protest
opposing argument
opposite lane; oncoming lane; opposite side of the road
reactor; reacting furnace
to lie on one's back with legs outstretched; to recline; to get cocky; to be arrogant
to warp; to bend backwards; to throw the head (or shoulders) back; to throw out the chest
counterclockwise; anti-clockwise
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
revolting; rebellion; going against; contradiction; antinomy
dissidents; people who are against the Establishment; anti-Establishment groups
to make a splash; to evoke a response; to meet with a reaction
anti-imperialism
anti-Japanese
big splash; big response; major repercussions
to rise (steeply); to tower; to soar
holding out one or both hands and arching one's body backward like a shrimp (in kabuki, represents being overwhelmed by someone's power)
standard of revolt; banner of rebellion
counterrevolution
to rise in revolt; to raise the standard of revolt
vote against; no vote; nay
incense which supposedly allows the spirit of a departed loved one to be seen in the smoke
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over something; pondering
win or lose; sink or swim; make or break; all or nothing
self-questioning; to self-question; to rethink; to reflect on oneself
chemical reaction used to detect residue from gunshots; gunpowder residue; gun shot residue; GSR
to throw away as useless; to scrap; to make null and void; to renege; to annul
criminal groups and individuals; groups and individuals who seek economic profit through violence, force and fraudulent means; violent criminals, extortionists and racketeers; organized crime; (lit.) anti-social forces
reflector; reflective plate
anti-American
electoral irregularities
recoilless rifle; recoilless gun
organized crime
anticommunist
rebels; insurgents
strutting; sticking out the chest
lack of reflection (on one's conduct, failures, etc.); lack of self-examination; lack of introspection
reverberatory furnace
traffic infringement; traffic law violation
counterintelligence
anti-mainstream faction; fringe group; dissident group
flame reaction; flame test; flame coloration test
tanka appendage to a long poem
ticket (e.g. for a traffic violation)
bending backward; strutting
extremely powerful weapon (e.g. nuclear); (lit.) reaction weapon
on the other hand
rebellious individual
reflection; evening glow; sunset glow
tossing and turning in bed; turning over in bed worrying over something
to go into opposition
ceremony performed by a sorcerer to protect a noble setting out on a trip; dance steps inspired by this ceremony
counterforce; reaction
antimilitary
to throw one's chest out; to hold one's head high
to lie on one's back with legs outstretched; to recline; to get cocky; to be arrogant
side effect (from a vaccine); side reaction
wastepaper; scrap paper
reflected wave; rebounded wave; echo
unit of land area (approx. one-tenth hectare)
matters (issues) that need be reconsidered (reflected on)
wastepaper; scrap paper
angle of reflection
nuclear fission; fission reaction
anti-British
ironic; ironical
antihero; anti-hero
anti-fascism; antifascism
chemical equation; reaction formula
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
turning against one's master; returning evil for good
twilled fabric
stratagem for causing a rift in the enemy camp by using a seditious plot
dry-goods store
safety reflector; reflector; reflective material
the reactionaries
anti-mainstream; fringe
holding out one or both hands and arching one's body backward like a shrimp (in kabuki, represents being overwhelmed by someone's power)
antiwar demonstration
victory due to the opponent's foul
reaction; response
opposition to whaling; anti-whaling
clashing colors; clashing colours
production per tan
anti-establishment; anti-government
arched bridge
healing crisis; cleansing reaction; reaction during the elimination of toxins after antibiotic, etc. treatment
performance in return; quid pro quo
reduction (of crop size); reduction of acreage (under cultivation)
(physical) recoil
recurrent laryngeal nerve; recurrent nerve
prominent front teeth; buckteeth; projecting teeth
acreage; land area; marking off fields in units of tan
turning over; flipping over; reply; response; marks written alongside characters in a classical Chinese text to indicate their ordering when read in Japanese; lapel
action-reaction law; Newton's third law of motion
there are no rebels without reasons
counterexample; counter-example
win or lose; sink or swim; make or break; all or nothing
anticommunism; anti-communism
prominent front teeth; buckteeth; projecting teeth
hallux valgus; bunion
vomiting reflex; retching reflex
act of disobedience (betrayal); violation; breach; infraction; infringement
anti-Russian
elementary reaction
inverse ratio
Indian Mutiny (1857-1858)
illegal play; misplay; illegal move; foul
thesis and antithesis
rebellious spirit
renegade; rebellious elements
refutation; rebuttal; retort
violating vehicles (esp. vehicles violating parking regulations)
opposing side; opposite camp; opposition
reflection (light, image, situation, attitude, etc.); reflecting; influence; application (e.g. of an update)
neutralization reaction
reactionary fall (e.g. in stock prices)
statement of opposition; opposition declaration
counterfactual thinking; counterfactual assumption; counterfactual supposition
anti-nuclear
counteraction; counterclaim
reflective power; albedo
anti-German
grasp reflex; palmar grasp reflex
policy of reducing acreage (under cultivation)
discord and hostility; feud
bell hammer backwards body drop; sex position with the woman lying backwards on top
anticonventional spirit; spirit of resisting convention
turning over in bed
anti-nuclear power movement; antinuclear power movement
to throw one's chest out; to hold one's head high
backwards body drop
rebellious retainer
caring for one's parents in return
outward-curving bowl rim; bowl lip curved outwards
reactionary price rise
reflective safety tape; reflective tape
anti-vaccine; antivax
opposing speech; rebuttal (in debate)
contravention of precedent
coefficient of restitution
translation; back translation; transcription (of shorthand to longhand); deciphering (a code)
anti-South Korean
hooking backwards body drop
backbone; spirit of defiance
endothermic reaction; endothermal reaction; endoergic reaction
reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of
to be turned inside out; to betray; to double-cross; to break into falsetto; to crack into falsetto
on the other hand
revolting; rebellion; going against; contradiction; antinomy
flame reaction; flame test; flame coloration test
tossing and turning in bed; turning over in bed worrying over something
ceremony performed by a sorcerer to protect a noble setting out on a trip; dance steps inspired by this ceremony
hallux valgus; bunion
dissenting vote; vote of opposition; negative vote; blackballing
reduction in area of rice under cultivation
negative reaction (in patient)
reciprocal; reciprocally
to bend; to warp
warped shape
additive inverse; opposite number; reciprocal number
contravariant
reclaimed wool
upside down; inside out
resistance to convention
repeat sign; repetition mark
biogenetic law; recapitulation theory (theory that ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny)
(in philosophy) thesis-antithesis-synthesis
reaction of free radicals
action and reaction
rebound (of stock prices)
anti-globalization; anti-globalisation
falling techniques
jealousy and enmity; being jealous of and at odds with (each other)
jealousy and enmity; being jealous of and at odds with (each other)
the opposite team in a two-turns work group
fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
wooden plane with a convex base curved in the cutting direction
wooden plane with a convex base curved in the cutting direction
wooden plane with a convex base curved in the cutting direction
wooden plane with a convex base curved in the cutting direction
wooden plane with a convex base curved both along the direction of cutting and across the blade
wooden plane with a convex base curved both along the direction of cutting and across the blade
wooden plane with a convex base curved both along the direction of cutting and across the blade
wooden plane with a convex base curved both along the direction of cutting and across the blade
War on Terror (2001-)
reverse backwards body drop
outer reverse backwards body drop
underarm forward body drop
plotting to overthrow the government (by assassinating the emperor)
Mantoux test (for tuberculosis)
Widal reaction (for typhoid fever)
Sepoy Mutiny (1857-1858)
reflexive pronoun (in Japanese grammar only)
reflexive pronoun (in Japanese grammar only)
general protection fault; GPF
reflectance model
reflectance calculation
iterative operation; automatic sequential operation
corneal reflex; blink reflex
reflection theory
original fabric; whole cloth
reflection rainbow
retroflex; retroflex consonant; retroflex sound
retroflex; retroflex consonant; retroflex sound
repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation; rTMS
segmentation fault; segfault
reflexiveness; reflexivity
equatorial countercurrent
countercurrent
flip teaching; flipped classroom
reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; RT-PCR
breaking (a contract, promise, etc.)
anti-Semitism
ring inversion; ring flip
anticompetitive behaviour; anticompetitive behavior; anticompetitive practice
page fault; access violation
palpebral nerve; palpebral entropion; entropion of the eyelids
exothermic reaction; exothermal reaction; exoergic reaction
anti-communism, anti-capitalism, anti-fascism (policy of the Socialist Masses Party)
vaccine opponent; anti-vaxxer
vaccine opponent; anti-vaxxer
timothy (Phleum pratense); timothy grass
Terek sandpiper (Xenus cinereus)
pied avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)
cutleaf coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata); greenhead coneflower
Examples (200 in total)
That's a good response.
He reacted.
This machine answers to human voice.