| ほ | ん |
|---|---|
| 本 |
| ま | つ |
|---|---|
| 末 |
| て | ん |
|---|---|
| 転 |
| と | う |
|---|---|
| 倒 |
noun, takes する, takes genitive case の
Messages.yoji.- failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of), putting the cart before the horse, mistaking the cause for the end, mistaking the insignificant for the essential, getting one's priorities backwards.
Variations
| Pronunciation | Kanji | Kana | Is Common | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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本末転倒 | ほんまつてんとう | |||||||||||||
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本末顛倒 | ほんまつてんとう |
Contained Kanji Breakdown
end, close, tip
マツ すえ バツ (4th, N3)
revolve, turn around, change
テン ころ.がる うたた (3rd, N4)
car
シャ くるま くら (1st, N5)
overthrow, fall, collapse
たお.れる トウ さかさま (7th, N3)
human radical (no. 9)