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JLPT N3 · Noun

対 (tsui)

対 (つい, tsui) is a Japanese noun meaning “pair; couple”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
つい
Romaji
tsui
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. pair; couple; set · noun
  2. antithesis · noun
  3. counter for items that come in pairs · counter
  4. counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.) · counter

Example sentences

この国の王は人ではなく、はるか天空に居られるという三対の翼を持つ神獣なんだ。
The king of this country isn't a person, but a divine beast with three pairs of wings said to be in far away in the sky.
Tatoeba #76742

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 1409810 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.