逆らう
N3さからう sakarau
- to go against
- to oppose
- to disobey
- to defy
godan verbintransitive
Chinese meanings
违抗;反抗
Examples
- 彼は世の風潮に逆らう。He is swimming against the tide.他违背世间潮流。
- 彼が両親に逆らったはずがない。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"
}
}