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Counterpoint [対照を成す]

Counterpoint
to show differences when compared
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Subcategories:
[きん()·こう()]
kinkou
noun, suru verb

English Meanings:

noun, suru verb
  1. equilibrium; balance
[()·()·]
miau
godan verb

English Meanings:

godan verb
  1. to exchange glances
  2. to correspond; to counterbalance
[へい()·きん()]
heikin
noun, suru verb

Alternate Written Forms:

[へい()·ぎん()]
heigin
Outdated Reading

English Meanings:

noun, suru verb
  1. average; mean
  2. balance; equilibrium
[()··ちが()·]
kuichigau
godan verb, intransitive verb

Alternate Written Forms:

[くい()·ちが()·]
kuichigau
[くいちが()·]
kuichigau
[()····]
kuichigau

English Meanings:

godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to cross each other; to run counter to; to differ; to clash; to go awry
[()···]
wakareru
ichidan verb, intransitive verb

Alternate Written Forms:

[わか()··]
wakareru

English Meanings:

ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to branch; to fork; to diverge (also written as 岐れる)
  2. to separate; to split; to divide
  3. to disperse; to scatter
[あい()·たい()··]
aitaisuru
suru verb (special class), intransitive verb

English Meanings:

suru verb (special class), intransitive verb
  1. to face each other; to be opposite one another
  2. to be in opposition; to conflict
[てい()·()]
teigo
noun, suru verb

Alternate Written Forms:

[てい()·()]
teigo

English Meanings:

noun, suru verb
  1. crossing each other; running counter to; differing; clashing
modoki
noun, used as a suffix, noun

Alternate Written Forms:

[もど()·]
modoki
[もどき()]
modoki
[もどき(抵牾)]
modoki
Outdated Kanji
[もどき(牴牾)]
modoki
Outdated Kanji

English Meanings:

noun, used as a suffix
  1. -like; pseudo-; mock ...; imitation ...; in the style of ...
noun
  1. comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts)
  2. criticism; censure
[ぶつかり()·]
butsukariau
godan verb, transitive verb

Alternate Written Forms:

[()····()·]
butsukariau

English Meanings:

godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to collide; to clash

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