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逆に

ぎゃくに

conversely, on the contrary

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Examples

  1. 逆に、安すぎると心配になる。

    ぎゃくに、やすすぎるとしんぱいになる。

    Conversely, if it is too cheap, I get worried.

  2. 薬を飲んだのに、逆に熱が上がった。

    くすりをのんだのに、ぎゃくにねつがあがった。

    I took the medicine, but my fever went up instead.

  3. 注意したら、逆に怒られてしまった。

    ちゅういしたら、ぎゃくにおこられてしまった。

    I warned him and ended up being told off myself.

Common patterns

逆に言うと
to put it the other way round
逆になる
to be the other way around
逆に聞くけど
let me turn the question around

Memory tip

逆に flips the expected direction, so it often marks a result that is the opposite of what you intended — very close to かえって. 一方 merely contrasts two things and carries no sense of reversal.

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