Illustration: In a small apartment, a resident has swept dust and scraps into a neat pile beside a dustpan. Hoping to clear the last stubborn bits, they angle a running electric fan toward the floor. The blast catches the pile and sends dust, lint, and paper scraps swirling across the freshly swept room.

かえって

kaette

instead, all the more

Example sentences

事故じこは減へらずにかえって多おおくなっている。
Instead of fewer accidents there are more.
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彼かれはいないのでかえって目立めだった。
He was conspicuous by his absence.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
彼かれには欠点けってんがあるからかえって好すきだ。
I love him all the more for his faults.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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