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却かえって

N2
かえって kaette
  1. on the contrary
  2. rather
  3. all the more
  4. 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

  • 高たか望のぞみをするとかえって損そんをする。
    You may go farther and fare worse.
    期望过高反而会吃亏。
  • 彼かれはいないのでかえって目め立だった。
    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。"
  }
}