Meanings
Readings
Common Words
Interjection
by no means; never!; well, I never!; you don't say!; no way!
Adverb (fukushi); With neg. verb
certainly (not); surely (not); hardly (expected)
Common noun; Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
something unexpected; emergency
Adverb (fukushi); Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
indeed; really; truly; unexpectedly
Archaic; Common noun
(the) present; (the) here and now; situation at hand
Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'; Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); Common noun
reverse; opposite
Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); Common noun
converse (of a hypothesis, etc.)
Noun, used as a prefix; Mathematics
inverse (function)
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout; turning the tables; sudden change
reversal (of direction of rotation)
to go upstream; to go up (a river)
to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to); to be retroactive (to)
the exact opposite
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
treason; treachery; mutiny; rebellion; insurrection
Abbreviation
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front
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