Kanji
N1 7 strokes Grade 8 freq #959

instead, on the contrary, rather, step back, withdraw

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

seal fushizukuri

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

selling off; disposal by sale
cooling; refrigeration
repayment; redemption
incineration; destruction by fire
ridding oneself; freeing oneself of
rejection; dismissal
depreciation
return of something; repayment
rejection; dismissal
cooling-off period

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

on the contrary; rather

Example sentences

Investing money in your home has some merit; when it is time to sell it you can get more money.

When we take the wind-chill factor into account, the temperature must have been lower than thirty degrees below zero centigrade.

Although an increase of unmarried mothers is needed in order to escape the declining birth rate for some reason public opinion in Japan is avoiding this argument.

I'd like to return a car.