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ひっくり返かえす

ひっくりかえす hikkurikaesu Play N2 Godan verb Transitive

Meanings and examples

物をひっくり返して、上下や表裏を逆にする。 to turn over; to overturn; to knock over; to upset; to turn inside out

Example 1

外はバケツをひっくり返したような雨です。

It's raining buckets outside.

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Example 2

彼はテーブルをひっくり返した。

He turned the table upside down.

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Kanji breakdown

返

N3

return; answer; fade; repay

On reading
ヘン
Kun reading
かえ.す、-かえ.す、かえ.る、-かえ.る
Radical
辵
Illustration of 引き返す

引き返す

N2

ひきかえす

to repeat; to send back; to bring back

Illustration of 引っ繰り返る

引っ繰り返る

N2

ひっくりかえる

to be overturned; to be upset; to topple over; to be reversed

Illustration of 裏返す

裏返す

N2

うらがえす

to turn inside out; to turn (something) over

Illustration of 返す

返す

N5

かえす

to return something

Illustration of 返事

返事

N4

へんじ

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