ひっくり返る – Vocabulary details

ひっくり返かえる

Meanings

Verb (5-dan, る, intransitive)

1. to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to capsize

ひっくり返かえる可か能のう性せいはある。There is a possibility of it being overturned.

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

その拍ひょう子しにバランスを崩くずして、仰あお向むけにひっくり返かえる。At that moment I lose my balance and fall flat on my back.

Alt. forms

Kanji used

返

return something

Pitch accent

ひ

っくりか

える

Conjugations...Used in: 1872

Composed of

ひっ

goes before a verb to strengthen its meaning or to add emphasis

返かえる

to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely

Examples (11 in total)

前ぜん提ていがひっくり返かえった。

The premise was overturned.

ボートがひっくり返かえった。

A boat capsized.

世せ界かいがひっくり返かえるかと思おもった。

I thought the world was going to turn upside down.

ひっくり返かえる可か能のう性せいはある。

There is a possibility of it being overturned.

天てん地ちがひっくり返かえるほど驚おどろいた。

I was so shocked it felt as if the world had turned upside down.

車くるまがフェンスにぶつかってひっくり返かえった。

The car hit the fence and turned over.

椅い子すごと、後うしろにひっくり返かえった。

I fell over backward, chair and all.

彼かれは体からだの平へい衡こうを失うしなって、ひっくり返かえった。

He lost his balance and fell down.

そうですね、店みせ全ぜん体たいがひっくり返かえったようでした。

That's right, it seemed as if the entire store had been turned upside down.

夕ゆう飯はんを食たべてから、部へ屋やに戻もどって仰あお向むけにひっくり返かえる。

After eating dinner, I return to my room and flop onto my back.

その拍ひょう子しにバランスを崩くずして、仰あお向むけにひっくり返かえる。