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逆さかさま

rarely used kanji formな adjectiveadjective (generic)noun taking the genitive case particle のnounnoun (generic)

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さかさま

Meanings

inverted, upside down, reversed, back to front, wrong way round

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Example sentences

地図ちずを逆さかさまに持もっていた。

I was holding the map upside down.

彼女かのじょは逆さかさまになって水中すいちゅうを泳およいだ。

She swam through the water upside down.

セーターを逆さかさまに着きていることに気きづかなかった。

I didn't notice I was wearing my sweater inside out.

逆さかさまの状態じょうたいで長時間ちょうじかんいると血ちが頭あたまに上のぼる。

If you stay upside down for a long time, blood rushes to your head.

その絵えは逆さかさまに飾かざられていたが、誰だれも気きづかなかったという。

It is said that the painting was displayed upside down, but nobody noticed.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)