How to say "corresponding" in Japanese

• 対向たいこうCommon
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbCovers 'corresponding' only in the spatial sense of facing or lying opposite — a counterpart on the other side, as with traffic in opposing directions; English would usually say 'opposite' or 'oncoming' here.
  彼かれは交差点こうさてんで停止ていし信号しんごうを見落みおとしたので、対向車たいこうしゃとぶつかった。↗

  He failed to see the stop sign at the intersection and hit an oncoming car.
• 応当おうとう
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbCovers 'corresponding (to)' in the sense of being equivalent to, or relevant to, something. A less common word, so it is seldom the one you want for 'corresponding' in ordinary contexts.

Choose 対向 when 'corresponding' means facing or opposite, a counterpart across from something, and 応当 for 'corresponding to' as equivalence or relevance, though the latter is the less common word.

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• 対向たいこうcounter-
• 応当おうとうcorresponding (to)