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逆さ

逆さ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
Grade: 5

Alternative forms

Adjective

逆さ (-na inflection, hiragana さかさ, romaji sakasa)

  1. backwards, upside-down, inverted, reversed

Inflection

Synonyms

  • (reversed): (ぎゃく, gyaku)
  • (reversed): あべこべ (abekobe)
  • (opposite): 反対 (はんたい, hantai)
  • (opposite): 裏腹 (うらはら, urahara)

References

  1. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3