Vocab Info

N3 Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), No-adjective, Noun

(さか)さまinversion, upside down

    Dictionary Definition

    1. Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), No-adjective, Noun

      1.

      inverted, upside down, reversed, back to front, wrong way round

    All Forms

    逆さま 【さかさま】逆様 【さかさま】倒 【さかさま】

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      この()(さか)さまになっていると(おも)います。

      I think this picture is upside down.

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      その単語(たんご)(さか)さまから()むとどうなりますか?

      What happens if you read the word upside down?

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      順序(じゅんじょ)(さか)さまにしては(ただ)しい実験(じっけん)結果(けっか)()ません。

      Reversing the order will not produce the correct experimental results either.

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      まさかポスターを(さか)さまにして(かべ)()()けてしまうなんて…!

      I never thought they would turn the poster upside down and stick it on the wall...!

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      そのまま()んでも(さか)さまから()んでも(おな)(ぶん)になる(ぶん)(こと)を、回文(かいぶん)()います。

      A sentence that is the same whether read as is or read in reverse is called a palindrome.

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