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逆行 is an exact match with one form of the following word:
逆行
BOOST
Readings : ぎゃっこう    ぎゃくこう   
逆行 can be read in 2 ways: ぎゃくこう (90%), ぎゃっこう (10%).
1. reverse movement; retrogression; going backwards; moving in the wrong direction; running counter to (e.g. the laws of nature); running against (e.g. the tide of the times)  (opposite: 順行)
2. retrogradation; retrogression  (astronomy, etc. term)
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Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 8 (among the 30,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 52,967 which gives a rank of 23,102
逆行 is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
• This form is almost always used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 40,000 (about 13,400,000 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 33 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
この
せいふ
政府
まさしく
じだい
時代
ぎゃっこう
逆行
している

This government is really putting the clock back.
ぎゃっこう
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 215,000 (about 153,000 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 33 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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ギャク    reverse, converse   さからう to go against, to oppose   さか upside down   
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grass sprout
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grass   
sprout (ie, new shoot of a plant)   
move
コウ   ギョウ   アン   ゆ    い to go   おこな to take place   
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step
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
チョウ   テイ    a (city) block; counter for long/narrow things, blocks of tofu   
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