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本末転倒 [news2,nf26] 本末顛倒 [rK] 本末顚倒 [rK]
ほんまつてんとう [news2,nf26]
1. [n,vs,vi] [yoji]
▶ putting the cart before the horse
▶ mistaking the means for the end
▶ getting one's priorities backwards
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2845308 寺から里へ【てらからさとへ】 1. putting the cart before the horse

Conjugations


History:
6. A 2022-08-15 00:15:59  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
5. A* 2022-08-14 16:56:11  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
gg5, prog, luminous
  Comments:
I'm not fond of that wordy first gloss. I think this is sufficient.
  Diff:
@@ -26 +25,0 @@
-<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
@@ -28 +26,0 @@
-<gloss>failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of)</gloss>
@@ -30,2 +28 @@
-<gloss>mistaking the cause for the end</gloss>
-<gloss>mistaking the insignificant for the essential</gloss>
+<gloss>mistaking the means for the end</gloss>
4. A 2022-08-13 07:04:02  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
3. A* 2022-08-13 04:51:59  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
oukoku has this as [vi]
  Diff:
@@ -24,0 +25 @@
+<pos>&vi;</pos>
2. A* 2022-08-13 04:40:04  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
The shinmeikai/gakken yoji dictionaries mention the 顛・顚 forms

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーーーーー─┬─────────┬───────╮
│ 本末転倒     │ 257,420 │ 99.2% │
│ 本末顛倒     │   1,426 │  0.5% │ 🡠 rK
│ 本末顚倒     │     210 │  0.1% │ 🡠 adding
│ ほんまつてんとう │     513 │  0.2% │
╰─ーーーーーーーー─┴─────────┴───────╯
  Diff:
@@ -10,0 +11,5 @@
+<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>本末顚倒</keb>
+<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
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