ひっくりかえす – Vocabulary details

ひっくりかえす

Verb (5-dan, す, transitive)

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

2. to knock over; to tip over

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

ひ

っくりか

えす

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

to repeat; to do something over again

我われ々われの道どう具ぐは全ぜん部ぶひっくりかえされた。

All our things were turned upside down.

私わたしは修しゅう理りするためにテーブルを上じょう下げにひっくりかえした。

I turned the table upside down to fix it.

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