"さかさ" meaning in Japanese

See さかさ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: sakasa [romanization], さかさな [adnominal], さかさに [adverbial]
Head templates: {{ja-adj|infl=na}} さかさ • (sakasa) -na (adnominal さかさな (sakasa na), adverbial さかさに (sakasa ni))
  1. 逆さ, 倒: backwards, upside-down, inverted, reversed

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for さかさ meaning in Japanese (1.1kB)

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