JLPT N2 · Verb

引っ繰り返る (hikkurikaeru)

引っ繰り返る (ひっくりかえる, hikkurikaeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to be overturned; to be reversed”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
ひっくりかえる
Romaji
hikkurikaeru
Word class
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
Level
JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to capsize · godan verb, intransitive
  2. to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over; to lie on one's back · godan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

彼は体の平衡を失って、ひっくり返った。
He lost his balance and fell down.

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

Conjugation of 引っ繰り返る

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

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary引っ繰り返るひっくりかえる hikkurikaeru
Polite (~masu)引っ繰り返りますひっくりかえります hikkurikaerimasu
Negative引っ繰り返らないひっくりかえらない hikkurikaeranai
Polite negative引っ繰り返りませんひっくりかえりません hikkurikaerimasen
Past引っ繰り返ったひっくりかえった hikkurikaetta
Polite past引っ繰り返りましたひっくりかえりました hikkurikaerimashita
Negative past引っ繰り返らなかったひっくりかえらなかった hikkurikaeranakatta
Te-form引っ繰り返ってひっくりかえって hikkurikaette
Potential引っ繰り返れるひっくりかえれる hikkurikaereru
Passive引っ繰り返られるひっくりかえられる hikkurikaerareru
Causative引っ繰り返らせるひっくりかえらせる hikkurikaeraseru
Volitional引っ繰り返ろうひっくりかえろう hikkurikaerou
Imperative引っ繰り返れひっくりかえれ hikkurikaere
Conditional (~ba)引っ繰り返ればひっくりかえれば hikkurikaereba

Kanji in 引っ繰り返る

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 引っ繰り返る.

Source: JMdict entry 1169320 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.