Word Meaning 右と言えば左

みぎといえばひだり migi to iebahidari

右と言えば左 is read as みぎといえばひだり (migi to iebahidari) and means always contradicting what other people say.

Meaning

English

  1. always contradicting what other people say

Reading

Kana

みぎといえばひだり

Romaji

migi to iebahidari

Writing Variants

  • 右といえば左 みぎといえばひだり migitoiebahidari

Stroke Sequence

6 Characters • 26 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Proverb Rank 122822 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

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右左

みぎひだり

right and left

右往左往

うおうさおう

moving about in confusion

右左折

うさせつ

right and left turning (esp. in a motor vehicle)

右の耳から左の耳

みぎのみみからひだりのみみ

in one ear and out the other

右から左へ

みぎからひだりへ

from right to left

右も左もわからない

みぎもひだりもわからない

being unfamiliar with a locality

右顧左眄

うこさべん

inability to make up one's mind due to worrying about how others will think

左右

さゆう

(serving at someone's) side

左右相称動物

さゆうそうしょうどうぶつ

Bilateria (animals with bilateral symmetry)

左右非対称

さゆうひたいしょう

bilateral asymmetry