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逆 kanji
inverted, reverse, opposite, wicked
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Grade 5 (elementary school)
On readings
ギャクゲキ
Kun readings
さかさかささからう
Words with 逆
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —逆流backward flow; backflow; countercurrent; reflux; regurgitation
- —逆徒rebel; traitor
- —順逆right and wrong; loyalty and treason; obedience and disobedience
- —逆潮weather tide; adverse current
- —逆賊rebel; traitor; insurgent
- —莫逆cordial relations
- —大逆high treason
- —逆心treachery
- —逆光backlight (in photography, etc.); illumination (of the subject) from behind
- —逆臣treacherous retainer
- —逆修holding a memorial service for oneself; an older person conducting a memorial service for a deceased, younger person
- —逆産baby born feet (or buttocks) first; breech birth
- —逆運bad luck; reverse of fortune
- —逆順reverse order; following a contrary path
- —逆縁bad deed which ultimately results in the creation of a good Buddhist; older person conducting a funeral service for a younger relative, in particular, a parent for a child
- —逆相antiphase; reverse phase
- —逆玉man who marries a wealthy or upwardly mobile woman; (male) gold digger
- —真逆the exact opposite
- —逆調unfavourable condition; adverse position
- —逆援women paying boys for sex