Illustration: In a family apartment after dark, a parent points firmly at an open toy-storage box while holding out a hand for a toy drum. The pajama-clad child looks directly at the parent, plants both feet, and raises a drumstick for another determined strike.

JLPT N3verbLevel estimated by Bebop

逆さからう

sakarau

to defy, to go against

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれは決けっして両親りょうしんに逆さからわない。

    He never goes against his parents.

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  2. 彼かれに逆さからうな。

    Don’t oppose him.

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  3. 規則きそくに逆さからうな。

    Don’t go against the rules.

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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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