さかさま – Vocabulary details

さかさま

Meanings

Adjective (な)

Adjective (の)

Noun

1. inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round

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Pitch accent

さ

かさま

Used in: 202

Composed of

さかさ

inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front

Composed of

さか

inverse; reverse

さま

Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation

Used in vocabulary (6 in total)

まっさかさま

head over heels; headlong; head first

上じょう下げさかさま

upside down

さかさまごと

child dying before parents; occurrence out of sequence; wrong order

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Examples (4 in total)

何なにもかもさかさまだ。

Everything is upside down.

その絵えはさかさまにかかっている。

The picture is hung upside down.

事じ故このあと、その車くるまは道みちにさかさまに横よこたわっていた。

After the accident, the car lay in the street upside down.

彼かれはびんをさかさまにして振ふったが、はちみつはそれでも出でてこなかった。

He turned the bottle upside down and shook it, but still the honey wouldn't come out.

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Used in vocabulary (6 in total)

Examples (4 in total)