本末転倒

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
ほん
Grade: 1
まつ
Grade: 4
てん
Grade: 3
とう
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spellings
本末轉倒 (kyūjitai)
本末顛倒

Pronunciation

Noun

(ほん)(まつ)(てん)(とう) (honmatsutentō

  1. putting the cart before the horse, failing to properly evaluate relative importances

Verb

(ほん)(まつ)(てん)(とう)する (honmatsutentō surusuru (stem (ほん)(まつ)(てん)(とう) (honmatsutentō shi), past (ほん)(まつ)(てん)(とう)した (honmatsutentō shita))

  1. put the cart before the horse

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN