ひっくり返かえる

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ひっくり返る · godan verb (-ru)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	ひっくり返かえる	ひっくり返かえらない
Polite	ひっくり返かえります	ひっくり返かえりません
Past polite	ひっくり返かえりました	ひっくり返かえりませんでした
Past	ひっくり返かえった	ひっくり返かえらなかった
Te-form	ひっくり返かえって	ひっくり返かえらないで
Desire	ひっくり返かえりたい	ひっくり返かえりたくない
Potential	ひっくり返かえれる	ひっくり返かえれない
Passive	ひっくり返かえられる	ひっくり返かえられない
Causative	ひっくり返かえらせる	ひっくり返かえらせない
Causative passive	ひっくり返かえらせられるalso ひっくり返かえらされる	ひっくり返かえらせられないalso ひっくり返かえらされない
Volitional	ひっくり返かえろう
Polite volitional	ひっくり返かえりましょう
Imperative	ひっくり返かえれ	ひっくり返かえるな
Conditional	ひっくり返かえれば	ひっくり返かえらなければ
Tara conditional	ひっくり返かえったら	ひっくり返かえらなかったら

Pairs withひっくり返す

Meanings

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

be overturned; be reversed; turn over; capsize

Describes something flipping over, turning upside down, or being reversed in position or order. Used for physical objects, vehicles, and abstract situations like decisions or power dynamics.

車くるまがひっくり返かえって大たい破はした。
The car overturned and was wrecked.
裁さい判ばんで判はん決けつがひっくり返かえった。
The verdict was overturned in court.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

fall down; tumble down; topple over; lie on one's back

Refers to a person or thing falling over, often ending up on its back or side. Common in casual descriptions of tripping, collapsing, or being knocked over.

石いしにつまずいてひっくり返かえった。
I tripped on a stone and fell flat on my back.
強きょう風ふうで看かん板ばんがひっくり返かえった。
The signboard toppled over in the strong wind.

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Usage patterns

船ふねがひっくり返かえるfor a boat or ship to capsize
大おおきな波はで船ふねがひっくり返かえった。
The boat capsized because of a big wave.
驚おどろいてひっくり返かえるto be so shocked that one nearly falls over backward
そのニュースを聞きいて驚おどろいてひっくり返かえった。
I was so shocked by the news that I nearly fell over.
形けい勢せいがひっくり返かえるfor the situation or advantage to completely reverse
最さい後ごの一いっ点てんで形けい勢せいがひっくり返かえった。
The situation turned around with the last point.
〈場ば所しょ〉からひっくり返かえるto fall backward off something
バランスを崩くずして椅い子すからひっくり返かえった。
He lost his balance and fell backward off the chair.

Kanji

返return, answer, fade
引pull, tug, jerk
繰winding, reel, spin

Transitive / intransitive

ひっくり返かえすN3
ひっくり返す is the transitive verb (someone flips/knocks something over), while ひっくり返る is the intransitive verb (something falls over or turns upside down by itself).

Related words

覆くつがえる sense 1
覆る is a more formal word for a decision, verdict, or belief being overturned, while ひっくり返る is the everyday word covering both physical flipping and figurative reversal.
倒たおれるN4sense 2
倒れる is the general verb for falling down, including collapsing from illness or fainting, while ひっくり返る specifically emphasizes flipping over or landing on one's back.
転てん覆ぷくN1sense 1
転覆する is a formal, often technical term used for vehicles, boats, or governments capsizing/being overthrown, whereas ひっくり返る is the casual everyday verb for the same event.
転ころぶN3sense 2
転ぶ describes tripping or falling in any direction, while ひっくり返る specifically suggests ending up flipped over onto one's back or side.

Opposites

起おき上あがるN1sense 2
起き上がる means to get up after having fallen, the natural opposite action to ひっくり返る in the sense of falling down and lying on one's back.

Written forms

ひっくり返るUsage68%
- ひっくりかえる
  Standard kanji-kana spelling; the most common written form.
- ひっくりがえる
ひっくりかえるUsage20%
Kana spelling; common in casual writing and for clarity.
引っくり返るUsage9%
- ひっくりかえる
  Variant with 引; less common but still encountered.
- ひっくりがえる
引っ繰り返るUsage3%
- ひっくりかえる
  Ateji spelling using 繰; rare and mostly historical.
- ひっくりがえる
引繰り返るUsage<1%
- ひっくりかえる
  Uncommon ateji variant without the small っ in the kanji form.
- ひっくりがえる
ひっくりがえる

Etymology

Compound of ひっくり (emphatic prefix from 引っ繰り) + 返る (to turn over, return). The prefix ひっくり adds a sense of suddenness or completeness to the action of flipping.