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却って (かえって) — on the contrary | JLPT N2 · Nihongo Circle

却って

かえって

N2

adverbusually kana

Meanings

1on the contrary
2rather
3instead

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Kanji in this word

却Instead, On The Contrary, Rather7 strokes

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