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    3. 逆説

    逆説

    逆ぎゃく説せつ

    paradox

    KMT9News #27+1Ref L2NounReligion & PhilosophyLiteratureKanji Vocab23 strokes

    ぎゃくせつ

    Noun

    1.
    paradox

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    それはまるで逆ぎゃく説せつのようだ。

    That's like a paradox.

    KMT7Daily LifeLiterature
    彼かれの主しゅ張ちょうは一いっ見けんすると逆ぎゃく説せつ的てきだが、深ふかく考かんがえると真とるー実すを突ついている。

    His argument seems paradoxical at first glance, but when you think deeply, it hits upon the truth.

    KMT9Literaturephilosophy
    この哲てつ学がく的てきな問といは、人にん間げんの存そん在ざいそのものが逆ぎゃく説せつに満みちていることを示し唆さしている。

    This philosophical question suggests that human existence itself is full of paradoxes.

    KMT9philosophyLiterature
    文ぶん学がく作さく品ひんでは、登とう場じょう人じん物ぶつの心しん理り描びょう写しゃに逆ぎゃく説せつ的てきな表ひょう現げんが用もちいられることがある。

    In literary works, paradoxical expressions are sometimes used in the psychological descriptions of characters.

    KMT9LiteratureEmotions & Psychology
    宗しゅう教きょう的てきな教おしえには、理り性せいでは理り解かいしがたい逆ぎゃく説せつ的てきな真しん理りが含ふくまれている場ば合あいがある。

    Religious teachings can sometimes contain paradoxical truths that are difficult to grasp with reason.

    KMT9Religion & Philosophyphilosophy

    Kanji that make up this word

    逆
    さか・さか.さ・さか.らう…(2)
    inverted・reverse・opposite・wicked
    説
    と.く…(4)
    opinion・theory・explanation・rumor
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