本末転倒

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
ほん
Grade: 1
まつ
Grade: 4
てん
Grade: 3
とう
Grade: S
on’yomi
Alternative spellings
本末轉倒 (kyūjitai)
本末顛倒

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) んまつてんとー [hóꜜǹmàtsùtèǹtòò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [hõ̞mːa̠t͡sɨᵝtẽ̞nto̞ː]

Noun

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(ほん)(まつ)(てん)(とう) (honmatsutentō

  1. putting the cart before the horse, failing to properly evaluate relative importances

Verb

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(ほん)(まつ)(てん)(とう)する (honmatsutentō surusuru (stem (ほん)(まつ)(てん)(とう) (honmatsutentō shi), past (ほん)(まつ)(てん)(とう)した (honmatsutentō shita))

  1. put the cart before the horse

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN