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List of 2 kanji words in which the kanjis have antinomic or nearly antinomic meanings. See also the list of tautologicals, and please suggest more of them if you can think of some that are missing.
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きょくちょく
(noun) merits (of a case), right or wrong

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かんだん
(noun) cold and heat, (degree of) temperature

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らく
(noun) pleasure and pain, joys and sorrows

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  あなた     ともに しよう  
I'll share both troubles and joys with you.
こうてい
(noun/する verb) high and low, rise and fall

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たかひく
(noun/する verb) high and low, rise and fall

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そんとく

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(noun) loss and gain, advantage and disadvantage

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  なし  しよう  
Let's make it a fair trade.
この             ために やらなければ ならない 
Putting losses and gains aside, we must do this project for the public.
                  
Let's just stop thinking and focusing on loss and gain.
ゆう

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(noun/する verb) left and right, right and left; (asserting) control, influence, domination; one's attendants, people accompanying one; (serving at someone's) side; equivocation
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sena_ix
Level: 377
Sayuu (the character in Genshin) always rolls left and right.
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カリンくん
Level: 307
Say you さゆう understand by moving your head from side to side, left and right.
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          する  
Newspapers influence societal trends.
           
The ship rolled from side to side in the storm.
             
He raised his hands one after the other.
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じゅうおう
(noun) length and width, length and breadth, lengthwise and crosswise, vertical and horizontal, the four cardinal points; every direction, all directions; as one wishes, as one pleases, at will

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だんじょ

(noun) men and women, man and woman, both sexes, both genders

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Marriage is the union of a man and woman.
         した  
Both men and women won the tennis championship.
                 
The youth of our country is indifferent to politics.
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てん

(noun) heaven and earth, the universe, the world, nature; land, world, realm, sphere; top and bottom

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いやおう
(noun) yes or no answer, agreement or disagreement, consent or refusal

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おうふく

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(noun/する verb) making a round trip, going and returning, coming and going; (abbreviation) round-trip ticket, return ticket; correspondence, exchanging (of letters); keeping company (with), socializing, visiting each other
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サシヤ (Sasha)
Level: 468
Our round trip was great. We saw king's (王・おう) places, worn traditional clothing (服・ふく) and ate a lot of tasty food.
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I got a double slap in the face.
   まで     ください  
I want a round-trip ticket to Chicago.
    まで               
I have a round-trip air ticket to Osaka.
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かいへい
(noun/する verb) opening and shutting, opening and closing

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げん

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(noun) degree, extent, amount, balance, state, condition; (health) condition, state of health; adjustment, moderation, regulation; addition and subtraction; (suffix) slight sign of ..., slight state of ...; (suffix) just right for ...
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sena_ix
Level: 377
To what EXTENT do you think you can (ka)ll a (gen)ie with this lamp?
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     ちょうどよい  
It is boiled just enough.
           じゃないか  
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あいつ   鹿                 
It constantly appalls me how stupid he can be.
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しゅうさん
(noun/する verb) collection (gathering) and distribution

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しゅっけつ
(noun) attendance or absence

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Please send messages about attendance to me via email.
                         
No sooner did I get into the classroom than the attendance began.
しん退たい
(noun/する verb) advance or retreat, moving forwards or backwards, movement; course of action, behaviour, conduct, attitude; remaining in one's post or resigning, staying or leaving

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       退        まで      
The scandal grew to the point where it affected the actions of the hospital director.
せい

Accent: (?)
(noun) life and death, life or death

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He hovered between life and death.
それ            
It is, as it were, a life and death problem.
その             よう      
That fight seemed like a life-or-death struggle.
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ぞうげん

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(noun/する verb) increase and decrease, fluctuation

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          する  
My weight fluctuates wildly.
もんどう

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(noun/する verb) questions and answers, dialogue

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しんきゅう
(noun) new and old, incoming and outgoing

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せい
(noun) correct or incorrect, right or wrong, accuracy; correction (of errors)

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ぜんあく
(noun) right and wrong, good and evil

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       こと      
To distinguish right from wrong is difficult.
              
I can make a distinction between good and bad.
      について        
A baby does not know good or evil.
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けいじゅう
(noun/する verb) lightness and heaviness, (relative) weight; (relative) importance, gravity

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ひん

(noun) wealth and poverty, rich and poor

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We see things differently, according to whether we are rich or poor.
           ある      できる ようにしたい  
Regardless of wealth, I'd like to make it so that students who have a desire to learn can continue with their education.
めいあん
(noun) light and darkness, light and shade

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いん
(Noun/な-adjective) cause and effect, causality; (Buddhist) karma, fate; (adjectival nouns) unfortunate, unlucky, ill-fated

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The sins of the fathers are visited upon the children.
              いる  
He is cursed with idle sons.
こう
(noun) public and private, official and personal, government and people

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     して  いけない  
You should not confuse business with personal affairs.
   けじめを       けません  
We should draw the line between public and private affairs.
ふう

Accent: (?)
(noun) married couple, husband and wife, man and wife

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Every Jack has his Jill. [Proverb]
あの          
They are not a well-matched couple.
              
Mr and Mrs. Smith are a good match.
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がい

Accent: (?)
(noun) advantages and disadvantages, interests (of parties)

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He is alive to his own interests.
この            こと   
The matter touches your interest.
                      
The employees' interests are bound up with those of the corporation.
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しょう
(noun/する verb) fire fighting, extinguishing a fire

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They fought the fire.
          している   その               
The area was cordoned off while fire fighters tried to keep the blaze under control.
ばいばい

Accent: (?)
(noun/する verb) trade, buying and selling, trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs), dealing
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ゼーレ
Level: 542
Come come and buy buy (ばいばい)!
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その                 して    
That politician has been illicitly trafficking drugs for years.
ディール               しています  
She arranges the buying and selling of houses in and around Deal.
        したり                する   使     
Money is used for buying or selling goods, measuring value and storing wealth.
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せん
(noun) war and peace, peace

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せいじゃ
(noun) right and wrong, right or wrong

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     する こと         こと      
It is not always easy to separate right from wrong.
しゅう
(noun) beauty or ugliness; personal appearance, looks

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おとこおんな
(noun) (derogatory) masculine woman, mannish woman; (derogatory) feminine man, effeminate man; (derogatory) intersexual, hermaphrodite

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だいしょう

Accent: (?)
(noun) size; large and small (sizes), various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game), tai sai, dai siu, big and small

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Watch out for all sizes of stones on the road!
ちょうよう
(noun) young and old

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ちょうたん

Accent: (?)
(noun) (relative) length; advantages and disadvantages, pluses and minuses, strong and weak points, merits and demerits
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ポールおじちゃん
Level: 1276
The long and the short of it is that Chō-tan is no longer a baby.
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きょうじゃく
(noun) strength and weakness, (degree of) strength; stress (of a sound), loudness

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こう
(noun) likes and dislikes

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ぜん

Accent: (?)
(noun/adverb) front and rear, front and back, before and behind, back and forth; before and after; (suffix) (noun) (adverb) around, about, approximately (after a quantity, age, time, etc.); order, context; consequences; just when, around the time of; inversion, reversion, getting out of order; co-occurring, happening at the same time

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あなた                  
You are wearing your shirt backwards (back to front).
                         
When the bomb was dropped, I felt the house rock back and forth.
               こと により     調 する    あります  
Anastrophe, by switching around words, has the effect of emphasizing text.
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じょう

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(noun/する verb) top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; (clothing) top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)
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Level: 377
(Jou)'s (ge)tting fitter from GOING UP AND DOWN the stairs everyday.
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          そして       
In an earthquake, the ground can shake up and down, or back and forth.
             
The bus rocked heavily up and down.
           
He shook his head up and down.
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うえした

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(noun) top and bottom, up and down, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends; (may be followed by の) (noun) upside-down

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こんじゃく
(noun) past and present

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なん
(noun) (relative) difficulty

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とう西ざい

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(noun) east and west; Orient and Occident, East and West; (interjection) (abbreviation) ladies and gentlemen!, your attention, please!, roll-up, roll-up

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この     西              
Cultures of the East and the West are mixed together in this country.
バルカン    ブルガリア      西       
The Balkan Mountain range runs across Bulgaria from west to east.
なんぼく

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(noun) north and south, north to south; (abbreviation) South Korea and North Korea

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Japan is a long country from north to south.
よう
(noun) Japan and Europe

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かんきゅう
(noun) high and low speed, fast and slow, pace, tempo; lenience and severity; emergency, crisis, dire situation

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いつも              いったん   あれば  すぐさま        
You're always there for me so if you're ever in dire straits just let me know and I'll come running (to help).
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