裏返す

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
裏 返
うら
Grade: 6 		かえ > がえ
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 裏 (ura, “back side, inside, far side”) +‎ 返す (kaesu, “to flip over, to turn over”).[1][2] The kaesu changes to gaesu as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「裏返す」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		裏返す うらがえす
Imperative (命令形) 裏返せ うらがえせ
Key constructions
Passive 裏返される うらがえされる
Causative 裏返させる うらがえさせる
Potential 裏返せる うらがえせる
Volitional 裏返そう うらがえそー
Negative 裏返さない うらがえさない
Negative perfective 裏返さなかった うらがえさなかった
Formal 裏返します うらがえします
Perfective 裏返った うらがえった
Conjunctive 裏返って うらがえって
Hypothetical conditional 裏返せば うらがえせば

Verb

裏(うら)返(がえ)す • (uragaesu) ←うらがへす (uragafesu)?transitive godan (stem 裏(うら)返(がえ)し (uragaeshi), past 裏(うら)返(がえ)した (uragaeshita))

  1. to reverse something, to turn something over, to flip something over
  2. to turn something inside out
  3. to view or consider something from a completely different perspective

Conjugation

Conjugation of "裏返す" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 裏返さ うらがえさ uragaesa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 裏返し うらがえし uragaeshi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 裏返す うらがえす uragaesu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 裏返す うらがえす uragaesu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 裏返せ うらがえせ uragaese
Meireikei ("imperative") 裏返せ うらがえせ uragaese
Key constructions
Passive 裏返される うらがえされる uragaesareru
Causative 裏返させる
裏返さす 		うらがえさせる
うらがえさす 		uragaesaseru
uragaesasu
Potential 裏返せる うらがえせる uragaeseru
Volitional 裏返そう うらがえそう uragaesō
Negative 裏返さない うらがえさない uragaesanai
Negative continuative 裏返さず うらがえさず uragaesazu
Formal 裏返します うらがえします uragaeshimasu
Perfective 裏返した うらがえした uragaeshita
Conjunctive 裏返して うらがえして uragaeshite
Hypothetical conditional 裏返せば うらがえせば uragaeseba

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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