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仰のける (あおのける) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

仰あおのける

あ

お

の

け

る

Meanings

1

ichidan verb, transitive verb

turn face up; turn over

Used for turning something so that its face or front side is upward, such as a person's face, a card, or a flat object.

彼かれはカードを仰あおのけて、数すう字じを確かく認にんした。
He turned the card face up and checked the number.
倒たおれた人ひとを仰あおのけて

、

呼こ

吸きゅう

を

確たし

かめ

た

。

I turned the collapsed person face up and checked their breathing.

Kanji

仰face-up, look up, depend

Similar words

仰あお向むけ
仰向け is a noun meaning 'face-up position', while 仰のける is the transitive verb meaning 'to turn something face up'.
仰あお向むける
仰向ける is a more common synonym with the same meaning; 仰のける is a less frequent variant.

Etymology

Compound of 仰 (ao, 'upward') and のける (nokeru, 'to put aside' or 'to turn'). The exact derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with turning something face up.