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裏返す

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
うら
Grade: 6
かえ > がえ
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Etymology

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Compound of (ura, back side, inside, far side) +‎ 返す (kaesu, to flip over, to turn over).[1][2] The kaesu changes to gaesu as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「裏返す
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
裏返す らがえす [ùrágáꜜèsù]
Imperative (命令形) 裏返せ らがえせ [ùrágáꜜèsè]
Key constructions
Passive 裏返される らがえされ [ùrágáésáréꜜrù]
Causative 裏返させる らがえさせ [ùrágáésáséꜜrù]
Potential 裏返せる らがえせ [ùrágáéséꜜrù]
Volitional 裏返そう らがえそ [ùrágáésóꜜò]
Negative 裏返さない らがえさない [ùrágáésáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 裏返さなかった らがえさなかった [ùrágáésáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 裏返します らがえしま [ùrágáéshímáꜜsù]
Perfective 裏返った らがえった [ùrágáꜜèttà]
Conjunctive 裏返って らがえって [ùrágáꜜèttè]
Hypothetical conditional 裏返せば らがえせば [ùrágáꜜèsèbà]

Verb

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(うら)(がえ) (uragaesuうらがへす (uragafesu)?transitive godan (stem (うら)(がえ) (uragaeshi), past (うら)(がえ)した (uragaeshita))

  1. to reverse something, to turn something over, to flip something over
  2. to turn something inside out
  3. to view or consider something from a completely different perspective

Conjugation

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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. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN