Illustration: On a padded mat in a Japanese community gym, a child holds a handstand with both palms planted firmly, arms straight, and feet together overhead. An instructor crouches nearby with hands ready beside the child's hips without carrying their weight.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

逆さか立だち

sakadachi

handstand, headstand

Example sentences

  1. あなたは逆立さかだちができますか。

    Can you stand on your hands?

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  2. 彼女かのじょは逆立さかだちをした。

    She stood on her head.

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  3. 私わたしは試ためしに逆立さかだちしてみた。

    I tried standing on my head.

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Kanji in 逆立

  • 逆inverted; reverseOnギャク・ゲキKunさか・さかさ・さからう
  • 立stand; riseOnリツ・リュウ・リットルKunたつ・たち-・たてる

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