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逆 Reverse - Japanese Dictionary Lookup
English: Reverse
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Kanji: 逆 (9 Strokes)
Grade Level: 5
JLPT Level: JLPT 2
Frequency Rank: 683
Part of Speech: noun, used as a prefix
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Different Meanings:

Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

だいぎゃくてん :: 大逆転 Trading Places (1983 film)

ぎゃくてんさいばん :: 逆転裁判 Ace Attorney (video game series)

ぎゃくさいせい :: 逆再生 Reverse playback (of audio or video)

ぎゃくばり :: 逆張り Contrarian investing

ぎゃくひぶ :: 逆日歩 Daily premium paid by the seller when stocks run short in margin trading

ぎゃくしめい :: 逆指名 Designating the baseball club one (as a draft candidate) wants to join (through a system used in Japan between 1993-2007)

ぎゃくしめい :: 逆指名 Nominating oneself (to something one is usually nominated to by someone else)

ぎゃくそう :: 逆送 Referring a case (regarding juvenile crime) back to the public prosecutor

ぎゃくしつもん :: 逆質問 Asking a question back (e.g. to an interviewer)

ごぎゃく :: 五逆 Crime of killing one's master, father, grandfather, mother, or grandmother

ごぎゃく :: 五逆 Five cardinal sins (killing one's father, killing one's mother, killing an arhat, shedding the blood of a Buddha, causing a schism within the sangha)

ごぎゃくざい :: 五逆罪 Five cardinal sins (killing one's father, killing one's mother, killing an arhat, shedding the blood of a Buddha, causing a schism within the sangha)

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

さゆうぎゃく :: 左右逆 Left and right reversed


Using 逆 in sentences:

(Japanese) パックマンがある条件を満たすと、追ってくるモンスターを襲して食べることができる。

(English) Pac-Man, when a certain condition is reached, can counter attack and eat the monsters chasing him.

(Japanese) ここだけの話、私がナンしたのがきっかけでトムと付き合うことになったの。

(English) Just between you and me, it's because I flipped the script and hit on him that Tom and I are dating.

(Japanese) 大統領さん、あなたのしていることは反です!

(English) Mr. President, what you are doing is treason!

(Japanese) 私にらうのか?

(English) Do you disobey me?

(Japanese) は必ずしも真ならず。

(English) The reverse is not always true. The reverse is not necessarily true. The opposite is not always true. The opposite is not necessarily true. The reverse will not always turn out to be true. The reverse will not necessarily turn out to be true. The opposite will not always turn out to be true. The opposite will not necessarily turn out to be true.


How do you say Reverse in Japanese?

Answer: 逆


How many kanji strokes does 逆 have?

Answer: 9


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