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ぎゃく
Meanings
Adjective (な)
Adjective (の)
Noun
1. reverse; opposite
Without that, the result would have been the opposite.
Adjective (な)
Noun
2. converse (of a hypothesis, etc.)
Noun
Math
3. inverse (function)
Alt. forms
逆ぎゃく
99%
ぎゃく
Pitch accent
ぎゃ
く
Used in: 84
Used in vocabulary (120 in total)
conversely; on the contrary
reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout; reversal (of direction of rotation)
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
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Examples (25 in total)
It's upside down.
If anything, it's the opposite.
I hold the converse opinion.
Without that, the result would have been the opposite.
It is the opposite direction from where the senior is.
It is calm now, which is ironically scary.
I asked a question, but was thrown when they asked me one back instead.
The converse is also true.
The opposite is not always true.
Please say the alphabet backwards.
This time, however, things went completely the opposite way from before.
I felt like I was being praised, but could it be the opposite?
But trying to smooth things over now would only make people more suspicious of me.
What are you doing getting pinned down by the criminal instead?
He did the reverse of what I asked.
The recoil from the contact sends them flying in opposite directions.
He loves cars, while his brother hates them.
Conversely, it might be wiser to get it done quickly.
It is so utterly natural that, if anything, it is almost eerie.
Well, if I were in the opposite position, I would do the same.
You just have to trace the road you took in the morning in reverse, right?
Conversely, there will also be those who try to exploit the king's authority.
I am shocked that when I went to help, I was instead driven away.
Sometimes a verb is derived from a noun and sometimes it is the other way around.
She said that her husband hit her, but in fact it was the other way around.