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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

逆ぎゃく説せつ

gyakusetsu

paradox

Example sentences

「急いそげば急いそぐほど遅おそくなる」は逆説ぎゃくせつである。
More haste, less speed is a paradox.
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スポーツの逆説ぎゃくせつはスポーツが人ひとを分わけると同時どうじに結むすびつけることだ。
The paradox of sport is that it bonds as it divides.
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逆説ぎゃくせつ的てきに言いえば、彼かれは正ただしい。
Paradoxically, he is right.
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Kanji in 逆説

逆inverted; reverseOnギャク・ゲキKunさか・さかさ・さからう
説opinion; theoryOnセツ・ゼイKunとく

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