I Love Kanji引っ繰り返す (hikkurikaesu)
引っ繰り返す (ひっくりかえす, hikkurikaesu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to turn over; to turn upside down”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists.
- Reading
- ひっくりかえす
- Romaji
- hikkurikaesu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to turn over; to turn upside down; to turn up; to turn inside out; to turn out · godan verb, transitive
- to knock over; to tip over · godan verb, transitive
- to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset; to reverse · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 引っ繰り返す
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 引っ繰り返す | ひっくりかえす hikkurikaesu |
| Polite (~masu) | 引っ繰り返します | ひっくりかえします hikkurikaeshimasu |
| Negative | 引っ繰り返さない | ひっくりかえさない hikkurikaesanai |
| Polite negative | 引っ繰り返しません | ひっくりかえしません hikkurikaeshimasen |
| Past | 引っ繰り返した | ひっくりかえした hikkurikaeshita |
| Polite past | 引っ繰り返しました | ひっくりかえしました hikkurikaeshimashita |
| Negative past | 引っ繰り返さなかった | ひっくりかえさなかった hikkurikaesanakatta |
| Te-form | 引っ繰り返して | ひっくりかえして hikkurikaeshite |
| Potential | 引っ繰り返せる | ひっくりかえせる hikkurikaeseru |
| Passive | 引っ繰り返される | ひっくりかえされる hikkurikaesareru |
| Causative | 引っ繰り返させる | ひっくりかえさせる hikkurikaesaseru |
| Volitional | 引っ繰り返そう | ひっくりかえそう hikkurikaesou |
| Imperative | 引っ繰り返せ | ひっくりかえせ hikkurikaese |
| Conditional (~ba) | 引っ繰り返せば | ひっくりかえせば hikkurikaeseba |
Kanji in 引っ繰り返す
引
pull, tug, jerkイン・ひ.く・ひ.ける · 4 strokes繰
winding, reel, spinソウ・く.る · 19 strokes返
return, answer, fadeヘン・かえ.す・-かえ.す · 7 strokesRelated words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 引っ繰り返す.
字引じびきdictionary引くひくto pull引っ越すひっこすto move (house)引き出しひきだしdrawer引退いんたいretirement引用いんようquotation引越しひっこしmoving (dwelling, office, etc.)引っ張るひっぱるto pull引力いんりょくattraction (e.g. magnetic, gravitation)強引ごういんoverbearing索引さくいんindex (in a book)引算ひきざんsubtraction割引わりびきdiscount長引くながびくto be prolonged
Source: JMdict entry 1601870 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.