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ほんまつ
本末
てんとう
転倒
する

Don't put the cart before the horse.
Grammar and points of interest
Words
1
noun
essence and fringe; beginning and ending; root and branch; means and end
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0
1. falling down; tumbling; overturning; turning over
2. reversing; inverting; inversion
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Kanji
ホン   book   もと origin   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
stick   
マツ   バツ   すえ end   
テン   ころがる to roll (intr.)   ころがす to roll (tr.)   ころげる to roll about   ころ to fall over   
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ウン    say   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
ム   private
シャ   くるま car   
トウ   たおれる to fall over   たお to knock down   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
トウ    arrive   
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シ   いた to reach, to lead to   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
トウ   かたな sword   
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