Illustration: At a Japanese home's entrance, a child proudly finishes arranging the family's slippers in a neat row. Every pair points toward the interior except the final pair, whose toes point back toward the front door.

JLPT N4nounLevel estimated by Bebop

逆ぎゃく

gyaku

opposite, reverse

Example sentences

夫おっとの方ほうが殴なぐったと彼女かのじょは言いっているが、実じつはその逆ぎゃくだった。
She said that her husband hit her, but in fact it was the other way around.
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それは逆ぎゃくだ。
That is the other way about.
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彼かれは私わたしが頼たのんだことの逆ぎゃくをやった。
He did the reverse of what I asked.
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Kanji in 逆

逆inverted; reverseOnギャク・ゲキKunさか・さかさ・さからう

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