Keyword
reverse
- inverted
- opposite
- wicked
- Frequency
- #683
- Strokes
- 9
- Grade
- 5
- JLPT (old)
- N2
- Heisig
- 2109
Readings
ギャク73%
さか27%
Mnemonic
Antlers on a wall and a sprout on the road point the wrong way, so the path seems to run in reverse.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
逆転
reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout; turning the tables; sudden change; comeback; reversal (of direction of rotation)
Noun
逆輸入
reimportation; reimport; reverse import; importing back; (cultural, etc.) reverse import (e.g. California rolls being introduced in Japan)
Noun
逆手
underhand grip (e.g. in gymnastics, etc.); cross-handed grip (e.g. in golf, etc.); using one's hands backwards from their conventional positioning; reverse grip (e.g. of a sword); turning the tables (on an opponent); reverse arm-lock (in judo); joint lock
Noun
逆行
backward movement; reverse movement; going backwards; retrogression; going in the wrong direction; going against (e.g. the times); running counter to; retrograde motion
Noun
逆上せる
to feel dizzy; to have blood rush to one's head; to lose one's cool; to be obsessed; to be infatuated; to become conceited
Ichidan verb