反 対 方 向(はんたいほうこう)

はんたいほうこう

noun

opposite direction

1. opposite direction; the other way

The direction directly contrary to the one in question. Everyday vocabulary for giving directions, describing traffic and train travel, and talking about movement in general.

反対方向(はんたいほうこう)の電車(でんしゃ)に乗(の)ってしまった。

I got on a train going the opposite direction.

風(かぜ)が反対方向(はんたいほうこう)に変(か)わった。

The wind shifted to the opposite direction.

道(みち)を間違(まちが)えて、駅(えき)とは反対方向(はんたいほうこう)に十分(じゅっぷん)も歩(ある)いてしまった。

I took the wrong road and walked a full ten minutes in the opposite direction from the station.

反対(はんたい) (opposite, reverse) + 方向(ほうこう) (direction). The thing being reversed is marked with とは: 駅(えき)とは反対方向(はんたいほうこう) (the opposite direction from the station).

Common collocations

反対方向(はんたいほうこう)に進(すす)む: to go in the opposite direction
反対方向(はんたいほうこう)に曲(ま)がる: to turn the other way
反対方向(はんたいほうこう)の電車(でんしゃ): a train going the other way

Similar words

逆方向(ぎゃくほうこう): reverse direction — nearly interchangeable, slightly more technical
逆(ぎゃく): the reverse, the opposite — a noun on its own, used far more broadly than for physical direction

Related Words

Related: 方向(ほうこう) (direction)

Related: 逆方向(ぎゃくほうこう) (reverse direction)

Antonym: 逆(ぎゃく) (the reverse, the opposite)

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Added 2026.7.31 15:19 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02

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