却って
N2かえって kaette
- on the contrary
- rather
- all the more
- instead
adverb
Chinese meanings
反而;倒
Chinese notes
かえって表示结果与预期相反,常可译为反而。
Examples
- 高望みをするとかえって損をする。You may go farther and fare worse.期望过高反而会吃亏。
- 彼はいないのでかえって目立った。He was conspicuous by his absence.他不在反而引人注目。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('8d3e656e69'); // 却って
{
"id": "8d3e656e69",
"word": "却って",
"reading": "かえって",
"romaji": "kaette",
"meanings": [
"on the contrary",
"rather",
"all the more",
"instead"
],
"level": "N2",
"pos": [
"adv"
],
"jmdict_id": 1226610,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "高望みをするとかえって損をする。",
"furigana": "{高望|たかのぞ}みをするとかえって{損|そん}をする。",
"en": "You may go farther and fare worse.",
"tatoeba_id": 173181
},
{
"ja": "彼はいないのでかえって目立った。",
"furigana": "{彼|かれ}はいないのでかえって{目立|めだ}った。",
"en": "He was conspicuous by his absence.",
"tatoeba_id": 114420
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "28acc3128fc5d59c1d1b1bd539151041dfdb981012bd981393faf43e897a9ae3",
"meanings": [
"反而",
"倒"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "高望みをするとかえって損をする。",
"zh": "期望过高反而会吃亏。"
},
{
"ja": "彼はいないのでかえって目立った。",
"zh": "他不在反而引人注目。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n2/8d3e656e69",
"JMdict ent_seq 1226610; local JMdict_e.gz",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "44a6c485c9be08aee282fda65916914ee1953120dab93d7d8b14009c50e881cd",
"notes": "かえって表示结果与预期相反,常可译为反而。"
}
}