NichiDict

抵抗

N3
ていこう
[teikou]
Illustration for 抵抗

Meanings

1.NounNoun・suruIntransitive

resistance; opposition; standing up to

2.NounNoun・suruIntransitive

reluctance; repulsion; repugnance

3.Noun

physicsresistance; drag; friction

4.Noun

electricity, elec. eng.electrical resistance

5.Noun

electricity, elec. eng.resistor

Examples

子どもは野菜を食べることに抵抗します。

Children resist eating vegetables.

慣れない呼び方で先輩を呼ぶことに、彼は強い抵抗を覚えた。

He felt strong reluctance at calling a senior by an unfamiliar form of address.

新しい規則に抵抗する人が多いです。

Many people oppose the new rules.