Meaning

Primary

To Face

Alternatives

To Be Directed Toward, To Contrast

Word Type

する verb

Explanation

When you do (する) versus, you choose to face an opponent. It’s where your attention and efforts are going to be directed toward. Alternatively, you can use this word to contrast one thing with another.

This word is used to help point out the relationship between two things in a sentence, where one thing is focusing on another thing. This is all a little vague and perhaps confusing, so check out the collocations and context sentences to get a better grasp of this word!

Reading

たいする
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

The reading is the same as the one you learned with the kanji, so you should be able to read this word no problem.

Context

Common Word Combinations

  • 自分に対して正直

    being honest to oneself

    子どもに対してやさしい

    being kind to children

    人に対して失礼

    being rude to people

Context Sentences

ドルに対する円のレートは、今いくらですか?

How much is the rate of the yen compared to the dollar now?

以上が、米国との外交に対する見方です。

Above is my perspective on diplomacy with the United States.

先生のロボット工学に対する考えを教えて下さい。

Please tell me your thoughts on robot engineering.

あいつらの関係が修復不可能だってことは明らかだね。だって、スタートレックに対する意見が全く違っているんだから。

It’s clear now that their relationship will never work because their opinions on Star Trek are the complete opposite.

Kanji Composition