却って

Japanese

Kanji in this term
却
かえ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
反って 卻って

Adverb

却(かえ)って • (kaette) 

1. on the contrary

   かえって見(み)づらい

   kaette mizurai

   actually an eyesore

2. rather
3. all the more

References

• “^△却って”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025