逆さか手て

noun

cross-handed grip; hands reversed

Only with reading ぎゃくて

Sports term for gripping with hands crossed or positioned opposite to the usual way, e.g., in golf or baseball. Reading is ぎゃくて.

See also: クロスハンド

• ゴルフで逆ぎゃく手てに握にぎるクロスハンドグリップはパッティングで使つかわれる。

  In golf, the cross-handed grip is used for putting.

noun

reverse grip (sword)

Only with reading さかて

Holding a sword with the blade pointing downward or backward; often associated with ninja or certain martial arts. Reading is さかて.

• 忍にん者じゃは刀かたなを逆さか手てに持もって戦たたかうことがある。

  Ninjas sometimes fight holding the sword in a reverse grip.

noun

turning the tables; using against

Only with reading ぎゃくて

Idiomatic use: taking an opponent's argument or action and using it to one's own advantage. Often in the phrase 逆手に取る. Reading is ぎゃくて.

See also: 逆手に取る

• 彼かれは批ひ判はんを逆ぎゃく手てに取とって自じ分ぶんの宣せん伝でんに使つかった。

  He turned the criticism around and used it for his own promotion.

noun

reverse arm-lock; joint lock

Only with reading ぎゃくて

Martial arts term, especially in judo, for a lock applied against the natural bend of a joint. Often read ぎゃくて.

See also: 関節技

• 柔じゅう道どうで逆ぎゃく手てを取とられると非ひ常じょうに痛いたい。

  Getting caught in a reverse arm-lock in judo is extremely painful.

noun

foul trick

Only with reading ぎゃくて

Rare term for a dirty or underhanded trick. Reading is ぎゃくて.

• 古ふるい小しょう説せつでは、逆ぎゃく手てを使つかって敵てきを陥おとしいれる場ば面めんがある。

  In old novels, there are scenes where characters use foul tricks to trap their enemies.