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悖る

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
もと
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
戻る

Etymology

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From Old Japanese.

Cognate with 戻る (modoru, to return).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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(もと) (motorutransitive or intransitive godan (stem (もと) (motori), past (もと)った (mototta))

  1. (intransitive) to go against
    Synonyms: 逆らう (sakarau), 背く (somuku), 違う (tagau), 反する (hansuru)
    (じん)(どう)もとるjindō ni motorurun contrary to human morals
  2. (intransitive) to be bent, be distorted, be twisted
    Synonyms: 捩れる (nejireru), 曲がる (magaru), 歪む (yugamu)
  3. (transitive, obsolete) to bend, distort, twist
    Synonyms: 捩る (nejiru), 曲げる (mageru), 歪める (yugameru)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN