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    3. 逆行

    逆行

    逆ぎゃっ行こう

    backward movement

    KMT9News #33+1Noun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveScience & MathKanji Vocab15 strokes

    ぎゃっこうぎゃくこう

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    backward movement, reverse movement, going backwards, retrogression, going in the wrong direction, going against (e.g. the times), running counter to
    2.
    retrograde motion
    astronomy

    Stroke 0 / 15

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは時じ代だいの流ながれに逆ぎゃっ行こうしている。

    He is going against the current of the times.

    KMT8Daily Life
    この政せい策さくは、国こく際さい的てきな動どう向こうに逆ぎゃっ行こうするものだ。

    This policy runs counter to international trends.

    KMT9Politics & Law
    過か去この失しっ敗ぱいから学まなばず、同おなじ過あやまちを繰くり返かえすのは歴れき史しの逆ぎゃっ行こうだ。

    Repeating the same mistakes without learning from past failures is a retrogression of history.

    KMT9HistoryEducation
    惑わく星せいの逆ぎゃっ行こう運うん動どうは、天てん文もん学がくにおいて重じゅう要ような現げん象しょうである。

    The retrograde motion of planets is an important phenomenon in astronomy.

    KMT9Science & Math
    環かん境きょう保ほ護ごの動うごきに逆ぎゃっ行こうするような開かい発はつは許ゆるされない。

    Development that goes against environmental protection efforts cannot be permitted.

    KMT9Nature & EnvironmentPolitics & Law

    Kanji that make up this word

    逆
    さか・さか.さ・さか.らう…(2)
    inverted・reverse・opposite・wicked
    行
    い.く・ゆ.く・-ゆ.き・-ゆき・-い.き・-いき…(11)
    going・journey・carry out・conduct・act…(3)
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