How to say "conversely" in Japanese

• 逆にぎゃくに
  adverbThe plain adverb: use it when you simply state the opposite of what has just been said, or push back against a claim, as in 'on the contrary'.
  先輩せんぱいは、嫌味いやみなくらいの完璧かんぺき超人ちょうじんでしたからね。だから逆ぎゃくにその「癖くせ」は先輩せんぱいの可愛かわいげ・・・というか、チャームポイントでしたよ。↗

  You were always a perfect 'superhuman' to an infuriating extent, and so that 'habit' was actually one of your cute, or rather charming, attributes.
• 翻ってひるがえって
  adverbCovers 'conversely' when you turn the point around and look at it from another angle: the reversal is framed as a change of viewpoint rather than a flat denial of what was said.
• 逆に言えばぎゃくにいえば
  expressionA phrasal way to say 'conversely': you restate the point just made the other way around, coming at it from the opposite angle; it also serves for 'if anything' restatements.
• 逆に言うとぎゃくにいうと
  expressionMuch the same as 逆に言えば: it puts the preceding statement the other way around, from the opposite angle, and can also carry 'if anything'. The two are interchangeable.
• そこへ行くとそこへいくと
  expressionA set phrase that moves to the other side of a contrast, especially when the second item is the positive one — say, one party's troubles against another's success.

Use 「逆に」 for a plain statement of the opposite, 「翻って」 to view the matter from another angle, 「逆に言えば」 or 「逆に言うと」 to rephrase it the other way around, and 「そこへ行くと」 for contrasts where the second side is positive.

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• 逆にぎゃくにconversely
• 翻ってひるがえってconversely
• 逆に言えばぎゃくにいえばif anything
• 逆に言うとぎゃくにいうとif anything
• そこへ行くとそこへいくとon the other hand (esp. when the latter is positive)
• その分そのぶんaccordingly