JLPT N2 · Verb

裏返す (uragaesu)

裏返す (うらがえす, uragaesu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to turn inside out; to turn the other way”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
うらがえす
Romaji
uragaesu
Word class
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す
Level
JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to turn (something) over · godan verb, transitive

Example sentences

彼はシャツを裏返しに着ていた。
He had his shirt on inside out.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 裏返す

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary裏返すうらがえす uragaesu
Polite (~masu)裏返しますうらがえします uragaeshimasu
Negative裏返さないうらがえさない uragaesanai
Polite negative裏返しませんうらがえしません uragaeshimasen
Past裏返したうらがえした uragaeshita
Polite past裏返しましたうらがえしました uragaeshimashita
Negative past裏返さなかったうらがえさなかった uragaesanakatta
Te-form裏返してうらがえして uragaeshite
Potential裏返せるうらがえせる uragaeseru
Passive裏返されるうらがえされる uragaesareru
Causative裏返させるうらがえさせる uragaesaseru
Volitional裏返そううらがえそう uragaesou
Imperative裏返せうらがえせ uragaese
Conditional (~ba)裏返せばうらがえせば uragaeseba

Kanji in 裏返す

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 裏返す.

Source: JMdict entry 1550630 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.