タイ, ツイ, あいて, こた.える, そろ.い, つれあ.い, なら.ぶ, むか.う, つし

vis-a-vis, opposite, even, equal, versus, anti-, compare

JLPT3 G3 S7 F34

is a depiction of a thick clump of tall grass. is a variant of + hand/action indicator → lay clumps of grass out to dry, facing each other → *confront*; *face* → *opposite*; *a pair of*.

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