I Love Kanji逆様 (sakasama)
逆様 (さかさま, sakasama) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “inverted; upside down”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists.
- Reading
- さかさま
- Romaji
- sakasama
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round · な-adjective, noun taking の, noun
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 逆様
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | 逆様だ | さかさまだ sakasamada |
| Present (polite) | 逆様です | さかさまです sakasamadesu |
| Negative | 逆様じゃない | さかさまじゃない sakasamajanai |
| Past | 逆様だった | さかさまだった sakasamadatta |
| Negative past | 逆様じゃなかった | さかさまじゃなかった sakasamajanakatta |
| Te-form | 逆様で | さかさまで sakasamade |
| Before a noun | 逆様な | さかさまな sakasamana |
| Adverb (~ni) | 逆様に | さかさまに sakasamani |
Kanji in 逆様
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 逆様.
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Source: JMdict entry 1593650 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.