JLPT N2 · な-adjective

逆さ (sakasa)

逆さ (さかさ, sakasa) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “inverted; upside down”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: さかさ
Romaji: sakasa
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front · noun taking の, な-adjective, noun · abbreviation

Example sentences

その晩私はテーブルの上で逆さにしたコーヒーカップの下にチップを置いて出た。

That evening I left my tip under a coffee cup, which I left upside down on the table.

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

Conjugation of 逆さ

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	逆さだ	さかさだ sakasada
Present (polite)	逆さです	さかさです sakasadesu
Negative	逆さじゃない	さかさじゃない sakasajanai
Past	逆さだった	さかさだった sakasadatta
Negative past	逆さじゃなかった	さかさじゃなかった sakasajanakatta
Te-form	逆さで	さかさで sakasade
Before a noun	逆さな	さかさな sakasana
Adverb (~ni)	逆さに	さかさに sakasani

Kanji in 逆さ

逆

inverted, reverse, oppositeギャク・ゲキ・さか・さか.さ · 9 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 逆さ.

逆ぎゃくreverse逆らうさからうto go against逆様さかさまinverted逆転ぎゃくてんreversal (of a situation)逆立ちさかだちhandstand

Source: JMdict entry 1226970 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.