本末転倒

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ほん
Grade: 1
まつ
Grade: 4
てん
Grade: 3
とう
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spellings
本末轉倒 (kyūjitai)
本末顛倒

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んまつてんとー [hóꜜǹmàtsùtèǹtòò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [hõ̞mːa̠t͡sɨtẽ̞nto̞ː]

Noun

(ほん)(まつ)(てん)(とう) • (honmatsutentō

  1. putting the cart before the horse, failing to properly evaluate relative importances

Verb

(ほん)(まつ)(てん)(とう)する • (honmatsutentō surusuru (stem (ほん)(まつ)(てん)(とう) (honmatsutentō shi), past (ほん)(まつ)(てん)(とう)した (honmatsutentō shita))

  1. put the cart before the horse

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN