本末転倒

Japanese

Kanji in this term
本 末 転 倒
ほん
Grade: 1
まつ
Grade: 4
てん
Grade: 3
とう
Grade: S
on’yomi
Alternative spellings
本末轉倒 (kyūjitai)
本末顛倒

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ほ​んまつてんとー [hóꜜǹmàtsùtèǹtòò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [hõ̞mːa̠t͡sɨᵝtẽ̞nto̞ː]

Noun

本(ほん)末(まつ)転(てん)倒(とう) • (honmatsutentō) 

  1. putting the cart before the horse, failing to properly evaluate relative importances

Verb

本(ほん)末(まつ)転(てん)倒(とう)する • (honmatsutentō suru) suru (stem 本(ほん)末(まつ)転(てん)倒(とう)し (honmatsutentō shi), past 本(ほん)末(まつ)転(てん)倒(とう)した (honmatsutentō shita))

  1. put the cart before the horse

Conjugation

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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