対比|たいひtaihi[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbcontrast; juxtaposition
    空そらと山やまの対比たいひが鮮烈せんれつだ。↗
    The contrast between the sky and the mountain is striking.
  2. noun, suru verb, transitive verbcomparison
  3. noun, suru verb, transitive verb, geologycorrelation (of strata)
Conjugation
Dictionary form対比する(たいひする)
Polite (masu)対比します(たいひします)
Negative (nai)対比しない(たいひしない)
polite (masen)対比しません(たいひしません)
classical zu / nu対比せず・対比せぬ(たいひせず・たいひせぬ)
Past (ta)対比した(たいひした)
polite (mashita)対比しました(たいひしました)
Past negative (nakatta)対比しなかった(たいひしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)対比しませんでした(たいひしませんでした)
Te form対比して(たいひして)
Potential対比できる(たいひできる)
Passive対比される(たいひされる)
Causative対比させる(たいひさせる)
Causative passive対比させられる(たいひさせられる)
Conditional (ba)対比すれば(たいひすれば)
tara対比したら(たいひしたら)
Volitional対比しよう(たいひしよう)
polite (mashou)対比しましょう(たいひしましょう)
Imperative対比しろ(たいひしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym対照たいしょうNeutralA noun for a striking difference itself, as in 「対照的な二人」; 「対比」 stresses the act of setting two things side by side to compare them.
  • SynonymコントラストNeutralA loanword for contrast, as in 「色のコントラスト」; mostly used in visual and artistic contexts.
  • Synonym比するひするWrittenA verb meaning to compare, as in 「他に比する者がない」; kept to written/formal prose.
  • Synonym比べるくらべるNeutralThe most versatile native verb for comparing, as in 「二つを比べる」; used for general comparison, without 「対比」's emphasis on differences.
  • Synonym比較ひかくNeutralThe most general noun for comparison, as in 「比較検討」 and in 「比較的」; unlike 「対比」, it does not stress contrast.
  • RelatedくらべNeutralA noun, often used as a suffix, for contests or comparison, as in 「背比べ」; 「対比」 focuses on highlighting differences.

Use 「対比」 to set two things side by side and highlight their differences, as in 「新旧の対比」 or 「〜と対比する」. For a striking difference itself, use 「対照」; for general comparison, 「比較」 or 「比べる」; for visual contrast, 「コントラスト」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 二ふたつのものを比くらべ、違ちがいを見みること。
Kanji in this word
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