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JLPT N3 · Noun

対 (tai)

対 (たい, tai) is a Japanese noun meaning “versus; against”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
たい
Romaji
tai
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. versus; against; vs.; v. · noun
  2. to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180) · noun · used between numbers
  3. toward ...; to ...; with ...; against ...; anti- · prefix noun
  4. equal footing; equal terms · noun
  5. opposite · noun

Example sentences

今日早稲田対慶応の試合がある。
There is going to be a game between Waseda and Keio today.
Tatoeba #171429
試合は6対6で引き分けに終わった。
The match ended in a 6-6 draw.
Tatoeba #210031
同社の昨年の対インド輸出は１億ドルに達した。
The company's exports to India amounted to $100 million last year.
Tatoeba #123670

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 対

対
vis-a-vis, opposite, evenタイ・ツイ・あいて・こた.える · 7 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 対.

反対はんたいopposition絶対ぜったいabsolutely対象たいしょうtarget対照たいしょうcontrast応対おうたいdealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.)対策たいさくmeasure対立たいりつconfrontation相対そうたいrelativity対応たいおうcorrespondence (to)対決たいけつconfrontation対抗たいこうopposition対処たいしょdealing with対談たいだんtalk対等たいとうequality (esp. of status)

Source: JMdict entry 1409800 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.