対立項

English translation: (pairs of ) opposing characteristics

23:37 Jun 22, 2017
Japanese to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Anthropology
Japanese term or phrase: 対立項
また住居構造を説明するための対立項は、観察者側の調査票や図面などの手段から得た情報から自由に選定され、分類基準は多様で恣意的であった。

Talking about the criteria used to examine house structures and then draw wider conclusions about society and people's worldviews.

対立項 feels like "opposite," but I'm sure there's a better term.

Many thanks,

Nick
Nicholas Hallsworth
Japan
Local time: 16:43
English translation:(pairs of ) opposing characteristics
Explanation:
I think it's more like pairs of opposing characteristics, such as large vs small, modern vs traditional, etc.
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Port City
New Zealand
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2(pairs of ) opposing characteristics
Port City
3 +1opposite paragraph
Steven Ritchie
1comparison item/per contra item
cinefil


  

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comparison item/per contra item


Explanation:
just a guess

cinefil
Japan
Local time: 16:43
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese
PRO pts in category: 3
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Asker: Thank you!

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
opposite paragraph


Explanation:
Another guess.

(If it refers to another text.)

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Note added at 1 hr (2017-06-23 01:36:26 GMT)
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Or is it just an "opposing/conflicting argument/point/item"?

Steven Ritchie
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:43
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks for taking up the challenge! To me it feels like an opposite point of comparison (an antithesis?). So if you want to say that Japanese houses are "natural" then the 対立項 would be "synthetic." So the researchers selected these "opposites" freely, which meant that the classification criteria were somehow insufficient. The sentence seems to be introducing a critique of that kind of approach :)


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  David Patrick: conflicting points / contradictory terms / opposing perspectives
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
(pairs of ) opposing characteristics


Explanation:
I think it's more like pairs of opposing characteristics, such as large vs small, modern vs traditional, etc.

Port City
New Zealand
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese
PRO pts in category: 4
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Notes to answerer
Asker: Yes! That would fit with what I just posted on Steven's response. Natural--synthetic.


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