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Meaning of 逆らう in Japanese
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逆らうJLPT 3
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Kana Readingさからう
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Romajisakarau
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- Godan verb with `u' ending, intransitive verb
- Meaning
- to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
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Examples of 逆らう, さからう in a sentence
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Let's try and swim against the current.
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I walked in a contrary direction to everyone else.
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The squirrel advanced against the strong wind.
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She went against her parent's wishes, and married the foreigner.
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She got married against her father's will.
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He went abroad in opposition to her ardent wishes.
Verb Conjugations
Non-Past
- Plain
- 逆らう
- Plain Polite
- 逆らいます
- Negative
- 逆らわない
- Negative Polite
- 逆らいません
Past
- Plain
- 逆らった
- Plain Polite
- 逆らいました
- Negative
- 逆らわなかった
- Negative Polite
- 逆らいませんでした
Te
- Plain
- 逆らって
- Plain Polite
- 逆らいまして
- Negative
- --
- Negative Polite
- --
Passive
- Plain
- 逆らわれる
- Plain Polite
- 逆らわれます
- Negative
- 逆らわれない
- Negative Polite
- 逆らわれません
Related Kanji
逆
JLPT 2
9 strokes
inverted, reverse, opposite, wicked
On'Yomi: ギャク, ゲキ
Kun'Yomi: さか, さか.さ, さか.らう