さかさま

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Japanese

Alternative spellings
逆様
逆さま
倒 (rare)

Pronunciation

Adjective

さかさま • (sakasama) -na (adnominal さかさまな (sakasama na), adverbial さかさまに (sakasama ni))

  1. upside down, topsy turvy

Inflection

Inflection of さかさま
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) さかさまだろ sakasama daro
Continuative (連用形) さかさまで sakasama de
Terminal (終止形) さかさまだ sakasama da
Attributive (連体形) さかさまな sakasama na
Hypothetical (仮定形) さかさまなら sakasama nara
Imperative (命令形) さかさまであれ sakasama de are
Key constructions
Informal negative さかさまではない
さかさまじゃない 		sakasama de wa nai
sakasama ja nai
Informal past さかさまだった sakasama datta
Informal negative past さかさまではなかった
さかさまじゃなかった 		sakasama de wa nakatta
sakasama ja nakatta
Formal さかさまです sakasama desu
Formal negative さかさまではありません
さかさまじゃありません 		sakasama de wa arimasen
sakasama ja arimasen
Formal past さかさまでした sakasama deshita
Formal negative past さかさまではありませんでした
さかさまじゃありませんでした 		sakasama de wa arimasen deshita
sakasama ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive さかさまで sakasama de
Conditional さかさまなら（ば） sakasama nara (ba)
Provisional さかさまだったら sakasama dattara
Volitional さかさまだろう sakasama darō
Adverbial さかさまに sakasama ni
Degree さかさまさ sakasamasa

Noun

さかさま • (sakasama) 

  1. inversion

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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