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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

逆さからう

N3
さからう sakarau
  1. to go against
  2. to oppose
  3. to disobey
  4. to defy
godan verbintransitive

Chinese meanings

违抗;反抗

Examples

  • 彼かれは世よの風ふう潮ちょうに逆さからう。
    He is swimming against the tide.
    他违背世间潮流。
  • 彼かれが両りょう親しんに逆さからったはずがない。
    He cannot have gone against his parents.
    他不可能违抗父母。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('2fe9fb3327'); // 逆らう
{
  "id": "2fe9fb3327",
  "word": "逆らう",
  "reading": "さからう",
  "romaji": "sakarau",
  "meanings": [
    "to go against",
    "to oppose",
    "to disobey",
    "to defy"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "v5u",
    "vi"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1226990,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "彼は世の風潮に逆らう。",
      "furigana": "{彼|かれ}は{世|よ}の{風潮|ふうちょう}に{逆|さか}らう。",
      "en": "He is swimming against the tide.",
      "tatoeba_id": 103432
    },
    {
      "ja": "彼が両親に逆らったはずがない。",
      "furigana": "{彼|かれ}が{両親|りょうしん}に{逆|さか}らったはずがない。",
      "en": "He cannot have gone against his parents.",
      "tatoeba_id": 119331
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "25976fc297b5c7cf67d53db8b41ce9b3f0163d2fd9a5d800e01a58eafd092d49",
    "meanings": [
      "违抗",
      "反抗"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "彼は世の風潮に逆らう。",
        "zh": "他违背世间潮流。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "彼が両親に逆らったはずがない。",
        "zh": "他不可能违抗父母。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/2fe9fb3327",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1226990; 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": "aef8aee55224d0363feb2777dec216712dcbc05ea3793c6e49e62424db7dde72"
  }
}