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Sentence
He has a contrarian nature, doing the opposite of what people say, like an amanojaku.
Chinese (Simplified) Translation
他性格倔强，喜欢唱反调，不管别人说什么都会做相反的事。
Chinese (Traditional) Translation
他性格喜歡唱反調，無論別人說什麼都做相反的事。
Korean Translation
그는 성격이 얄궂어서 사람들이 무엇을 말하든 반대로 행동한다.
Vietnamese Translation
Anh ấy có tính cách ngang ngạnh, luôn làm ngược lại những gì người ta nói.
Tagalog Translation
May ugaling kontraryan siya; ginagawa niya ang kabaligtaran ng sinasabi ng iba.
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He has a contrarian nature, doing the opposite of what people say, like an amanojaku.
He has a contrarian nature, doing the opposite of what people say, like an amanojaku.
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彼は天邪鬼な性格で、人々が何を言おうと反対のことをする。
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天邪鬼
Hiragana
あまのじゃく / あまじゃく
Noun
Japanese Meaning
物事に素直に従わず、わざと反対のことをしたり、人の気持ちに逆らったりする性格・人のこと / 日本の伝承に登場する、ひねくれ者・いたずら者として描かれる鬼・妖怪の一種
Easy Japanese Meaning
わざと人とちがうことをしたり、言われたことと反対のことをしたがる人
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
日本传说中的小妖怪，诱人作恶。 / 指故意与人作对、爱唱反调的人。
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
日本傳說中的妖怪，喜作祟、與人作對。 / 比喻故意唱反調、好與人作對的人。
Korean Meaning
일부러 남과 반대로 하는 사람 / 악행을 부추기는 일본 요괴 / 심술궂고 비뚤어진 성격의 사람
Vietnamese Meaning
yêu quái trong truyền thuyết Nhật, ưa làm trái ngược và xúi giục điều xấu / (nghĩa bóng) người hay cãi bướng, thích làm ngược đời
Tagalog Meaning
demonyong nilalang sa mitolohiyang Hapon na mapanlinlang at pala-kontra / taong laging kumokontra at gumagawa ng kabaligtaran ng hinihingi / espiritung pasaway na nag-uudyok ng pagsuway
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