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    3. 逆

    逆

    逆ぎゃく

    reverse

    N3KMT6News #10+1CoreScience & MathKanji Vocab9 strokes

    ぎゃく

    Noun, Particle, Adjective

    1.
    reverse, opposite

    Noun, Adjective

    2.
    converse (of a hypothesis, etc.)

    Noun, Prefix

    3.
    inverse (function)
    mathematics

    Stroke 0 / 9

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは私わたしと全まったく逆ぎゃくの意い見けんを持もっていた。

    He had an opinion completely opposite to mine.

    KMT5Daily Life
    予よ想そうとは逆ぎゃくの結けっ果かになった。

    The result was the opposite of what was expected.

    KMT6Daily Life
    物ぶつ理り学がくでは、作さ用ようと反はん作さ用ようは常つねに逆ぎゃく向むきに働はたらく。

    In physics, action and reaction always work in opposite directions.

    KMT7Science & Math
    この回かい路ろは電でん流りゅうの向むきを逆ぎゃくにする機き能のうがある。

    This circuit has a function to reverse the direction of the electric current.

    KMT7Science & MathTechnology
    その現げん象しょうは、時じ間かんの流ながれが逆ぎゃくになっているかのように見みえた。

    That phenomenon looked as if the flow of time was reversed.

    KMT8Science & MathLiterature

    Kanji that make up this word

    逆
    さか・さか.さ・さか.らう…(2)
    inverted・reverse・opposite・wicked
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