Word Meaning 主客転倒

しゅかくてんとう shukakutentou

主客転倒 is read as しゅかくてんとう (shukakutentou) and means reversing the order of (relative) importance (of).

Meaning

English

  1. reversing the order of (relative) importance (of)
  2. putting the cart before the horse
  3. the tables being turned
  4. mistaking the insignificant for the essential
  5. mistaking the means for the end

Reading

Kana

しゅかくてんとう

Romaji

shukakutentou

Writing Variants

  • 主客転倒 しゅきゃくてんとう shukyakutentou
  • 主客顛倒 しゅかくてんとう shukakutentou
  • 主客顛倒 しゅきゃくてんとう shukyakutentou

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 35 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Yojijukugo Rank 116429 Priority S

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

主客

しゅかく

host and guest

主倒し

しゅうだおし

harming one's master

転倒

てんとう

getting upset

本末転倒

ほんまつてんとう

putting the cart before the horse

七転八倒

しちてんばっとう

tossing oneself about in great pain

転倒

てんどう

cognitive distortion

主語助動詞倒置

しゅごじょどうしとうち

subject-auxiliary inversion

冠履転倒

かんりてんとう

disorder

親方思いの主倒し

おやかたおもいのしゅだおし

trying to help one's master but instead ending up hurting him

転倒注意

てんとうちゅうい

watch your step

客観主義

きゃっかんしゅぎ

objectivism