ひっくり返す – Vocabulary details

ひっくり返かえす

Verb (5-dan, す, transitive)

1. to turn over; to turn upside down; to turn up; to turn inside out; to turn out

それからぬいぐるみをひっくり返かえして、背せ中なかを見みつめた。Then, I turned the stuffed animal over and stared at its back.

2. to knock over; to tip over

子こどもがコップをひっくり返かえして、水みずがこぼれた。The child knocked over a cup and the water spilled.

3. to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset; to reverse

この差さをひっくり返かえすのは不ふ可か能のう。It is impossible to reverse this gap.

return something

ひ

っくりか

えす

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

to repeat; to do over again

この差さをひっくり返かえすのは不ふ可か能のう。

It is impossible to reverse this gap.

我われ々われの道どう具ぐは全ぜん部ぶひっくり返かえされた。

All our things were turned upside down.

手ての甲こうを眺ながめ、ひっくり返かえして手てのひらを眺ながめた。

I gazed at the back of my hand, then turned it over and gazed at the palm.

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