I Love Kanjiあべこべ (abekobe)
あべこべ is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “contrary; opposite”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- あべこべ
- Romaji
- abekobe
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- contrary; opposite; inverse; reverse; back-to-front · noun taking の, な-adjective, noun · onomatopoeia / mimetic
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of あべこべ
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | あべこべだ | あべこべだ abekobeda |
| Present (polite) | あべこべです | あべこべです abekobedesu |
| Negative | あべこべじゃない | あべこべじゃない abekobejanai |
| Past | あべこべだった | あべこべだった abekobedatta |
| Negative past | あべこべじゃなかった | あべこべじゃなかった abekobejanakatta |
| Te-form | あべこべで | あべこべで abekobede |
| Before a noun | あべこべな | あべこべな abekobena |
| Adverb (~ni) | あべこべに | あべこべに abekobeni |
Source: JMdict entry 1000470 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.