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反動はんどう (handou)

backlash; recoil

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反動 (はんどう, handou) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “backlash; recoil”.

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Example sentences 10

ダイエットの反動はんどうで食たべ過すぎてしまった

I over-ate on the rebound from the diet.

彼は反動的な反啓蒙主義者だ。

He is a reactionary obscurantist.

株価はここ数日反動安が始まった。

Stock prices started reactionary falling in the past few days.

日本株は昨日急落した後、反動高となった。

The Japanese stock market turned to reactionary rising after yesterday's plunge.

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