逆らう (さからう): to go against, to oppose, to disobey — Japanese vocabulary
逆らう is read さからう and means "to go against, to oppose, to disobey". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.
逆らう
- Reading
- さからう · sakarau
- Translation
- to go against, to oppose, to disobey
- Level
- JLPT N3
- Pitch accent
- さからうが
Example
彼は潮の流れに逆らって泳ごうとした。
かれはしおのながれにさからっておよごうとした。
He tried to swim against the tide.
Kanji in this word
- 逆 — Inverted, Reverse, Opposite
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