JLPT N3 · な-adjective

逆 (gyaku)

逆 (ぎゃく, gyaku) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “reverse; opposite”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ぎゃく
Romaji: gyaku
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

reverse; opposite · noun taking の, な-adjective, noun
converse (of a hypothesis, etc.) · な-adjective, noun
inverse (function) · prefix noun

Example sentences

夫の方が殴ったと彼女は言っているが、実はその逆だった。

She said that her husband hit her, but in fact it was the other way around.

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

Conjugation of 逆

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	逆だ	ぎゃくだ gyakuda
Present (polite)	逆です	ぎゃくです gyakudesu
Negative	逆じゃない	ぎゃくじゃない gyakujanai
Past	逆だった	ぎゃくだった gyakudatta
Negative past	逆じゃなかった	ぎゃくじゃなかった gyakujanakatta
Te-form	逆で	ぎゃくで gyakude
Before a noun	逆な	ぎゃくな gyakuna
Adverb (~ni)	逆に	ぎゃくに gyakuni

Kanji in 逆

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.

逆らうさからうto go against逆ささかさinverted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 1226960 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.