Lingaku逆【ぎゃく】
Frequency rank: 2,490. – 2,491.
- reverse; opposite
- converse (of a hypothesis, etc.)
- inverse (function)mathematics
nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'; adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
noun, used as a prefix
Forms
- 逆【ぎゃく】Frequency rank: 2,490. – 2,491.
- ぎゃく
Generated definitions (experimental)
- reverse; opposite
- converse (of a hypothesis, etc.)
- inverse (function)
This meaning refers to something that is contrary or opposite in position, direction, or nature.
This meaning is used in formal contexts, often in logic or mathematics, referring to a statement that is the opposite of another, usually in a conditional statement (if-then form).
In mathematics, this refers to a function that reverses the effect of the original function. For example, if one function takes an input and produces an output, the inverse function takes that output and produces the original input.
Generated collocations (experimental)
ぎゃく逆をかえす返すto reverseぎゃく逆のたちば立場opposite positionぎゃくに逆にゆう言うとto put it the other way aroundぎゃくてん逆転するto turn aroundさかさま逆さまupside downぎゃくこうか逆効果counterproductive effectぎゃくさん逆算するto calculate backwardぎゃくむき逆向きreverse directionぎゃくせつ逆説paradoxぎゃくりゅう逆流backflowぎゃっきょう逆境adversityぎゃくてんほうむらん逆転ホームランgame-winning home run (a home run that turns the game around)
Example sentences
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I don't lose my appetite when I get stressed, rather I can't calm down unless I eat something.
2ch, where there are many posts praising specific companies, or, conversely, denigrating their rivals.
"Certainly if someone is _that_ beautiful you'd draw back from approaching her." "Thought you'd agree."
"Eh? Is the tangent cosine divided by sine?" "Other way round!"
Then what is this I wonder? If it isn't dodgy door-to-door sales then could it be a new kind of pickup technique for the ladies?
7. せんぱい先輩は、いやみ嫌味なくらいのかんぺき完璧ちょうじん超人でしたからね。だからぎゃくに逆にそのきごう「くせ癖きごう」はせんぱい先輩のかわい可愛げ・・・というか、ちゃあむぽいんとチャームポイントでしたよ。
You were always a perfect 'superhuman' to an infuriating extent, and so that 'habit' was actually one of your cute, or rather charming, attributes.
Sometimes a verb is derived from a noun and sometimes it is the other way around.
I thought that Takeo would pass the exam and Kunio would fail, but the result was the other way around.
She said that her husband hit her, but in fact it was the other way around.
He loves cars, while his brother hates them.
It gets very humid here in the summer. In the winter, on the other hand, it gets very dry.
It gets very humid at home in summer; in winter, on the other hand, it gets very dry.
Everyone loves to hear praise, but over-praise has the opposite effect of sounding insincere.
Some say society should be corrected first, but that is to put the cart before the horse.