逆さ (さかさ, sakasa) Japanese meaning: inverted | KotomoraThe picture is hung upside down.
Usage patterns
〈物〉を逆さにするto turn something upside down
I turned the cup upside down to drain the water.
〈物〉が逆さになるfor something to end up upside down
The photo was hung upside down.
逆さに読むto read something backwards
If you read that word backwards, it takes on a different meaning.
逆さに立てるto stand something upside down
I stood the umbrella upside down to dry it.
using chopsticks upside down; taking food with the wrong end of chopsticks
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upside-down catfish
a child dying before its parents
hanging upside down
word said backwards; word of opposite meaning
reading a word backwards; backwards reading
turned-in eyelashes; ingrown eyelashes; trichiasis
