反目|はんもくhanmoku[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbenmity; antagonism; hostility; feuding (with); being at odds (with)
    二人ふたりの反目はんもくの原因げんいんは金かねだ。↗
    Money set them against each other.
Conjugation
Dictionary form反目する(はんもくする)
Polite (masu)反目します(はんもくします)
Negative (nai)反目しない(はんもくしない)
polite (masen)反目しません(はんもくしません)
classical zu / nu反目せず・反目せぬ(はんもくせず・はんもくせぬ)
Past (ta)反目した(はんもくした)
polite (mashita)反目しました(はんもくしました)
Past negative (nakatta)反目しなかった(はんもくしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)反目しませんでした(はんもくしませんでした)
Te form反目して(はんもくして)
Potential反目できる(はんもくできる)
Passive反目される(はんもくされる)
Causative反目させる(はんもくさせる)
Causative passive反目させられる(はんもくさせられる)
Conditional (ba)反目すれば(はんもくすれば)
tara反目したら(はんもくしたら)
Volitional反目しよう(はんもくしよう)
polite (mashou)反目しましょう(はんもくしましょう)
Imperative反目しろ(はんもくしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym敵対てきたいNeutralTreating the other party as an enemy and opposing them; the word itself carries a clear sense of enmity.
  • Synonym確執かくしつNeutralLong-standing discord and grudges from neither side giving an inch; used of relatives, colleagues, factions. 「反目」 stresses mutual hostility.
  • Related対抗たいこうNeutralRivalry or competition: vying to get the better of an opponent. 「反目」 instead points to a relationship that has soured, each side hostile to the other.
  • Related対立たいりつNeutralOpposition between opinions or positions; neutral and objective, simply describing two sides as at odds.
  • Antonym協調きょうちょうNeutralAntonym. Cooperation and harmony, with opposing sides compromising and working together — the opposite of the discord of 「反目」.
  • Antonym和睦わぼくNeutralAntonym. Making peace and reconciling after a quarrel — the opposite of 「反目」.

Use 「反目」 when a relationship has deteriorated into mutual hostility, as in 「兄弟が反目する」. For long-smoldering grudges say 「確執」, for clashing positions 「対立」, for open enmity 「敵対」; the opposites are 「和睦」 and 「協調」. All six are neutral in register.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 仲なかが悪わるく、睨み合にらみあっていること。
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