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とうち 倒置
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Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb
1. turning upside down​
Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb
2. inversion​Grammar
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3. Anastrophe​Anastrophe (from the Greek: ἀναστροφή, anastrophē, "a turning back or about") is a figure of speech in which a language's usual word order is inverted: for example, saying "smart you are" to mean "you are smart". In English, because its natural word order is settled, anastrophe emphasizes the displaced word or phrase. For example, the name of the City Beautiful urbanist movement emphasizes "beautiful"; similarly, in the line "This is the forest primeval", "primeval" comes to the fore.
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