► 名詞
逆 [ぎゃく] meaning: opposite rank: 1
☆ 彼は道を逆に走っていた ⇨ He was driving the road in an opposite, wrong, direction
☆ 逆は常に真実では無い ⇨ The opposite is not always true
逆 [ぎゃく] meaning: reverse rank: 1
☆ それは話が完全に逆だ ⇨ That story is totally other way around
☆ プロペラが逆回転した ⇨ The propeller turned in a reverse, wrong, direction
☆ もし逆の立場だったらあなたはどうする？ ⇨ What would you do if you were in the reverse position?
More examples:
- 私の特技は逆立ちで歩くことです ⇨ My special skill is walking on my hands
- 彼等は後半押しまくって遂に逆転した ⇨ They dominated in the second half and finally took the lead
- 猫が毛を逆立てた ⇨ The cat had fur stood on end
- 逆流防止弁 ⇨ Reverse-flow preventive valves. Check valves
- 彼は逆様に吊り下げられていた ⇨ He was hung upside down
- 人間が大自然の営みに逆らうことは出来ない ⇨ Humans cannot go against the proceedings of the mother nature
- 彼は政界の反逆児と呼ばれている ⇨ He is called a young rebel in the political world
- 胃液が食道に逆流すると炎症を起こす ⇨ When digestive fluid reflux into the esophagus, it causes inflammation
- 時代の流れに逆らうのは無駄だ ⇨ It is futile to go against the flow, direction, of history
- 彼は逆境にもめげず強かに生きている ⇨ He lives strong, stays very tough, despite all the adversities
- 彼は木の枝に逆さにぶら下がっていた ⇨ He was hanging upside down, head down, from a tree branch
- 彼は失うものが何も無いことを逆手に取って大胆な戦略を取った ⇨ He adopted very bold tactics taking advantage of the fact that he had nothing to lose
- それは話が逆様だ ⇨ Your logic is upside down. The truth is opposite
- 厚意のつもりが逆に迷惑をかけていた ⇨ I thought I was doing a favor but ended up causing a problem
- 彼の発言は多くの人の神経を逆撫でした ⇨ His comment rubbed the nerve of many people the wrong way