異存

Japanese

Kanji in this term
異	存
い Grade: 6	ぞん Grade: 6
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いぞん [ìzóń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [izõ̞ɴ]

Noun

異(い)存(ぞん) • (izon) 

1. (chiefly in the negative) objection
   • 1914, 夏目漱石 [Natsume Sōseki], chapter 6, in こゝろ [Kokoro], 中 両親と私 [My Parents and I]:

     二(ふた)人(り)とも私(わたくし)の断(ことわ)った事(こと)に異(い)存(ぞん)はないようであった。

     Futari tomo watakushi no kotowatta koto ni izon wa nai yō de atta.

     They both seemed to have no objection to my having refused.

2. opposite opinion, thinking differently from other people

References

• “異存”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026