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46 word matches found for '逆' using reading 'さか'
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Most common form: まさか
interjection (kandoushi)
1. by no means; never!; well, I never!; you don't say!; certainly (not)  (often written with kana only)
2. something unexpected; emergency  (see also: まさかの時; often written with kana only)
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Most common form: まっさかさま
head over heels; headlong; head first  (see also: 真逆様; often written with kana only)
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headlong; head over heels  (see also: まっさかさま)
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noun
backward-twisting overarm throw  (sumo term)
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expression, 'u' godan verb
to disobey one's parents
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Most common form: 上下逆様
upside down
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expression
Good advice is harsh to the ear  (idiomatic expression)
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Most common form: 倒事
noun
1. child dying before parents  (obscure term; often written with kana only)
2. occurrence out of sequence; wrong order  (orig. meaning; obscure term)
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noun
word said backwards; word of opposite meaning
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noun
1. underhand grip; backhand grip (e.g. in tennis)  (see also: 順手)
2. unexpected twist; turning the tables (on an opponent)
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shaving against the grain
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0
Most common form: 逆なで
rubbing the wrong way (e.g. a cat); irritating
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noun (prefix), noun
inverse; reverse
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0
noun
breech presentation (feet or buttocks-first birth); breech delivery; breech birth
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noun
plunging or dropping an object headfirst (down a precipice)
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0
noun
hair which is combed back or puffed up or teased
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0
noun
1. turning an object in the wrong direction
2. retort
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Most common form: さかまく
'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
to surge (water or waves)
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0
1. being resented in return
2. unjustified resentment through misunderstanding
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expression, 'ru' godan verb
to use somebody's (argument, attack) against them
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reading a word backwards (often to make slang)  (see also: ズージャー, ぱいおつ)
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noun
arm bar throw counter  (sumo term)
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no matter how hard one might try; till one's blue in the face; even if one stood on one's head  (see also: 逆立ち)
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noun
abatis
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noun
exercise regime to convert breech presentation; trying to correct an unborn child's improper position so that the head comes out first
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0
noun
a dream which is contradicted by reality
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hanging upside down
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'tsu' godan verb, intransitive verb
to stand on end; to bristle up; to be ruffled
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ichidan verb, transitive verb
to stand on end (hair, fur); to bristle; to ruffle (up)
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Most common form: さかむけ
noun
a hangnail
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