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かえって
Kanji
却って
Adverb
Japanese Meaning
それどころか / むしろ / ますます
Easy Japanese Meaning
よそうとちがって、そうすると、ぎゃくのことになるようす。わるいほうに、もっとなるときにつかうことがおおい
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
反而 / 相反地 / 倒
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
反而 / 相反地 / 更是
Korean Meaning
오히려 / 도리어 / 반대로
Vietnamese Meaning
trái lại; ngược lại / lại càng; thậm chí còn hơn
Tagalog Meaning
sa halip / sa kabaligtaran / lalo pa
Sense（1）
on the contrary
Sense（2）
rather
Sense（3）
all the more
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かえって
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We introduced new rules, but, on the contrary, they increased confusion.
We introduced new rules, but, on the contrary, they increased confusion.
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新しい規則を導入したが、かえって混乱が増えた。
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