Meaning of 本末転倒顛 in Japanese

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本末転倒 顛

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Definition of 本末転倒顛

いんでんき(indenki) 【 陰電気 】

陰電気 Kanji Details

  1. (n) negative (static) charge; negative electric charge; (sometimes called "negative electricity")
せいでんき(seidenki) 【 正電気 】

正電気 Kanji Details

  1. (n) positive electric charge; positive (static) charge; (sometimes called "positive electricity")
かわ(kawa) · がわ(gawa) 【 川 ·河 】

川河 Kanji Details

  1. (n) river; stream

    この川はあの川の３倍長い。
    This river is three times longer than that one.

  2. (suf) the .... river; (suffix used with the names of rivers)

    信濃川と阿賀野川ではどちらが長いですか。
    Which is longer, the Shinano River or the Agano River?

ほんまつてんとう(honmatsutentou) 【 本末転倒 ·本末顛倒 】

本末転倒顛 Kanji Details

  1. (n, vs, adj-no) failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards

    あなたの言っていることは本末転倒だと思わないかい？
    Don't you think you're putting the cart before the horse?

ようでんき(youdenki) 【 陽電気 】

陽電気 Kanji Details

  1. (n) positive electric charge; positive (static) charge; (sometimes called "positive electricity")
あかむし(akamushi) 【 赤虫 】

赤虫 Kanji Details

  1. (n) Halla okadai (species of eunicid worm used as fishing bait)
  2. (species of eunicid worm used as fishing bait) →Related words: 揺蚊
  3. red mite (i.e. a chigger) →Related words: 恙虫
にょぜ(nyoze) 【 如是 】

如是 Kanji Details

  1. (n) (Buddh) ("like this"; often the opening word of a sutra) →Related words: 如是我聞
  2. ten thusnesses (in Tendai) →Related words: 十如是
ディーエッチ(diiecchi)
  1. (n) (designated hitter - baseball)
へいそくかん(heisokukan) 【 閉塞感 】

閉塞感 Kanji Details

  1. (n) locked up feeling; cooped up feeling; feeling of entrapment; (feeling of hopelessness); being in a bind
とうじゅろ(toujuro) · トウジュロ(toujuro) 【 唐棕櫚 ·唐棕梠 】

唐棕櫚梠 Kanji Details

  1. (n) miniature Chusan palm (Trachycarpus wagnerianus); (poss. Trachycarpus fortunei)
とっけつ(tokketsu) 【 突厥 】

突厥 Kanji Details

  1. (n) Gokturks; Sky Turks; Tujue; (powerful Turkic confederation from medieval Inner Asia)
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