noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
A physical upside-down posture, most often a handstand; can also broadly refer to standing upside down with the head or hands supporting the body. Used as a noun or with する.
体育の授業で逆立ちの練習をした。
We practiced handstands in gym class.
The child did a handstand against the wall.
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
being upside down; being reversed; being inverted
Describes a thing, image, order, or relationship being upside down or reversed, rather than a person doing a handstand. Often appears as 逆立ちしている or 逆立ちした.
レンズを通すと、景色が逆立ちして見えた。
Through the lens, the scenery looked upside down.
その議論では目的と手段が逆立ちしている。
In that argument, the ends and means are reversed.