逆さ

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
さか
Grade: 5
kun'yomi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Clipping of 逆様 of same meanings.[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

(さか) (sakasa-na (adnominal (さか) (sakasa na), adverbial (さか) (sakasa ni))

  1. backwards, upside-down, inverted, reversed

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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. ^ 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