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：2026/01/11
却
Onyomi
キャク
Kunyomi
かえって / しりぞく / しりぞける
Character
kanji
Japanese Meaning
代わりに;逆に
Easy Japanese Meaning
かえってのいみをもつかんじ。よそうとちがうほうこうになるようす。
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
反而 / 相反地 / 反倒
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
反而 / 相反地 / 倒（表示轉折）
Korean Meaning
오히려 / 도리어 / 반대로
Indonesian
sebaliknya / malah / justru
Vietnamese Meaning
trái lại / ngược lại / thay vì
Tagalog Meaning
sa halip / sa kabaligtaran / bagkus
Sense（1）
instead; on the contrary
（ common ）
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却
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He took on the job instead of me.
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彼は私の代わりに却って仕事を引き受けた。
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