NichiDict

N3
ぎゃく
[gyaku]
Illustration for 逆

Meanings

1.No-adjAdj-naNoun

reverse; opposite

2.Adj-naNoun

converse (of a hypothesis, etc.)

3.NounPrefix

mathematicsinverse (function)

Other Readings

」 has another reading with different meanings.

Examples

彼の意見は私のとは全くだ。

His opinion is completely opposite to mine.

命題のを考えることで証明の漏れに気づくことがある。

Thinking about the converse of a proposition sometimes reveals gaps in a proof.

リストの順序がになっている。

The order of the list is reversed.