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ぎゃく

noun taking the genitive case particle のadjective (generic)な adjectivenounnoun (generic)mathematicsnoun (prefix)

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Meanings

  • reverse, opposite
  • converse (of a hypothesis, etc.)
  • inverse (function)

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Example sentences

かれったことはぎゃくだった。

What he said was the opposite.

ぎゃく方向ほうこうすすんでしまった。

I ended up going in the opposite direction.

その地図ちずぎゃくっているよ。

You're holding that map upside down.

努力どりょくしたのに、ぎゃく結果けっかになってしまって残念ざんねんだ。

It's a shame that despite my efforts, the result was the opposite of what I hoped.

彼女かのじょおこるどころか、ぎゃくよろこんでいたのは予想外よそうがいだった。

Far from getting angry, the fact that she was actually pleased was unexpected.