Godan verb, intransitive verb

  1. to be turned inside out.
  2. to betray, to double-cross.
  3. to break into falsetto, to crack into falsetto, to squeak, to croak, to quaver.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
裏返る うらがえる
 
裏反る うらがえる

Contained Kanji Breakdown

back, amidst, in
うら リ (6th, N2)
garment, clothes, dressing
イ ころも きぬ (4th, N2)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
garment, (衣 variant)
ri, village, parent's home
さと リ さ (2nd)
rice field, rice paddy
た デン たん (1st, N4)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
return, answer, fade
かえ.す ヘン (3rd, N3)
anti-
ハン タン そり (3rd, N3)
wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
カン かりがね (Kentei 1)
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また ユウ やす (Late Jr. High, N1)
walk, road, (辵 variant, one dot jōyō form)