Kanji1 / 9
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
- —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)
- —逆質問asking a question back (e.g. to an interviewer)
- —大逆転dramatic turn-around; major reversal; great comeback; game changer
- —逆指名nominating oneself (to something one is usually nominated to by someone else); self-nomination; designating the baseball club one (as a draft candidate) wants to join (through a system used in Japan between 1993-2007)
- —逆日歩daily premium paid by the seller when stocks run short in margin trading
- —左右逆left and right reversed
- —逆張りcontrarian trading; contrarian investing
- —逆再生reverse playback (of audio or video)
- —逆選択adverse selection; taking advantage of undisclosed information, esp. in insurance
- —逆転劇comeback (e.g. in sports); complete reversal; dramatic turnabout
- —逆浸透reverse osmosis
- —逆先手reverse sente; move that is sente if played by the opponent but gote for the one playing it
- —逆ヨセreverse sente; move that is sente if played by the opponent but gote for the one playing it
- —逆コミreverse komi; handicap points for black instead of handicap stones
- —大逆転Trading Places (1983 film)
- —逆転移countertransference
- —悪逆無道treacherous; heinous; treasonous; atrocious
- —可逆反応reversible reaction
- —逆三角形inverted triangle
- —逆性石鹸cationic soap; invert soap; positive soap