Words — 28 found
1. trouble; bother
2. trouble; difficulty
3. care; attention
面倒: Ateji (phonetic) reading.
あっとう
圧倒
1. to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to crush; to defeat completely
2. to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to impress; to fill with emotionusu. in the passive as 圧倒される
3. to intimidate; to frighten; to threaten
てんとう
転倒
1. falling down; tumbling; overturning; turning over
- その
- レース
- では
- さんにん３人
- も
- てんとう転倒
- した 。
- No less than 3 men fell in that race.
2. reversing; inverting; inversion
- ほんまつ本末
- を
- てんとう転倒
- する
- な 。
- Don't put the cart before the horse.
3. getting upset
顛倒 【てんとう】
いっぺんとう
一辺倒
1. complete devotion (to); total commitment (to); unvarying support (for); unwavering fixation (on); rigid preoccupation (with)
ほんまつてんとう
本末転倒
1. failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwardsYojijukugo (four character compound)
本末顛倒 【ほんまつてんとう】
1. (verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism
しちてんばっとう
七転八倒
1. tossing oneself about in great pain; writhing in agonyYojijukugo (four character compound)
七転八倒 【しってんばっとう】、七顛八倒 【しちてんばっとう】、七顛八倒 【しってんばっとう】
ほうふくぜっとう
抱腹絶倒
1. laughing oneself into convulsions; splitting one's sides laughing; rolling with laughterYojijukugo (four character compound)
捧腹絶倒 【ほうふくぜっとう】
1. devoting oneself to; concentrating on; being an ardent admirer of; having great esteem for
2. tipping over and collapsingArchaism, orig. meaning
1. turning upside-downObscure term
しゅかくてんとう
主客転倒
1. reversing the order of (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; the tables being turned; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; mistaking the means for the endYojijukugo (four character compound)
主客転倒 【しゅきゃくてんとう】、主客顛倒 【しゅかくてんとう】、主客顛倒 【しゅきゃくてんとう】
1. technical knockout (boxing); TKO
1. falling suddenly