裏返す|うらがえすuragaesu[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

JLPT N2approx.Common
Definitions
  1. godan verb, transitive verbto turn inside out; to turn the other way; to turn (something) over
    彼かれはシャツを裏返うらがえしに着きていた。↗
    He had his shirt on inside out.
Conjugation
Dictionary form裏返す(うらがえす)
Polite (masu)裏返します(うらがえします)
Negative (nai)裏返さない(うらがえさない)
polite (masen)裏返しません(うらがえしません)
classical zu / nu裏返さず・裏返さぬ(うらがえさず・うらがえさぬ)
Past (ta)裏返した(うらがえした)
polite (mashita)裏返しました(うらがえしました)
Past negative (nakatta)裏返さなかった(うらがえさなかった)
polite (masen deshita)裏返しませんでした(うらがえしませんでした)
Te form裏返して(うらがえして)
Potential裏返せる(うらがえせる)
Passive裏返される(うらがえされる)
Causative裏返させる(うらがえさせる)
Causative passive裏返させられる(うらがえさせられる)
Conditional (ba)裏返せば(うらがえせば)
tara裏返したら(うらがえしたら)
Volitional裏返そう(うらがえそう)
polite (mashou)裏返しましょう(うらがえしましょう)
Imperative裏返せ(うらがえせ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym反転はんてんWrittenA noun for reversing direction or inverting an image, as in 「白黒反転」; it has a written, technical tone.
  • Synonym翻すひるがえすWrittenFlips or makes something flutter, and also means changing one's mind, as in 「前言を翻す」; leans toward written prose.
  • Synonymひっくり返すひっくりかえすNeutralTurns the whole thing over or knocks it over, and can also mean overturning a decision; 「裏返す」 focuses on swapping front and back.
  • Antonym表返すNeutralTurns something back to its front side; the opposite of 「裏返す」.

Use 「裏返す」 to turn clothes or paper to the reverse side. For knocking something over or overturning a decision, use 「ひっくり返す」; for reversing direction or inverting an image, 「反転」; for changing one's mind, 「翻す」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 表ひょうと裏うらを入れ替いれかえる。
  2. 逆ぎゃくの立場たちばから見みる。
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