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1. |
[n]
▶ inside out ▶ upside down |
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2. |
[n]
▶ flip side ▶ opposite ▶ contrary ▶ reverse |
3. | A 2012-06-05 00:08:14 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
2. | A* 2012-06-04 23:10:38 Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...> | |
Refs: | flip side • another aspect or version of something, esp. its reverse or its unwanted concomitant: virtues are the flip side of vices. |
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Comments: | how about 'flip side'? e.g. gg5's example sentence: -お前を厳しく叱るのは愛情の裏返しなのだ. I'm strict with you precisely because I love you. = The reason I scold you so is that it is the flip side of my love for you. == Also adding "opposite/reverse" to match 反対/逆 in daijr and koj |
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Diff: | @@ -23,1 +23,4 @@ -<gloss>other side (e.g. of an emotion)</gloss> +<gloss>flip side</gloss> +<gloss>opposite</gloss> +<gloss>contrary</gloss> +<gloss>reverse</gloss> |
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1. | A* 2012-06-04 04:50:33 Paul Upchurch <...address hidden...> | |
Refs: | daij, prog, 新和英中辞典, Luminous |
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Comments: | Not sure on the best way to phrase sense 2. Luminous has "another form". |
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Diff: | @@ -21,0 +21,4 @@ +<sense> +<pos>&n;</pos> +<gloss>other side (e.g. of an emotion)</gloss> +</sense> |