Meaning of 逆 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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逆JLPT 3
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Kana Readingぎゃく
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Romajigyaku
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- Meaning
- reverse; opposite
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- converse (of a hypothesis, etc.)
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Example Sentences
逆, ぎゃく used in context
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「あれ、タンジェントってサインでコサインを割るんだっけ？」「逆、逆」
Eh? Is the tangent cosine divided by sine? "Other way round!"
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「あれ、タンジェントってサインでコサインを割るんだっけ？」「逆、逆」
Eh? Is the tangent cosine divided by sine? "Other way round!"
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Some medicines will do you more harm than good.
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名詞から動詞が派生していることもあれば、その逆のこともある。
Sometimes a verb is derived from a noun and sometimes it is the other way around.
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武雄は受かり、邦夫は受からないと思っていたが、結果は逆だった。
I thought that Takeo would pass the exam and Kunio would fail, but the result was the other way around.
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She said that her husband hit her but in fact it was the other way around.
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