| term | pronunciation | English |
|---|
| 逆さ | さかさ | reverse, inversion, upside down |
| 逆様 | さかさま | inversion, upside down |
| 逆らう | さからう | to go against, to oppose, to disobey, to defy |
| 反逆 | はんぎゃく | treason, treachery, mutiny, rebellion, insurrection |
| 逆 | ぎゃく | reverse; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.) |
| 逆なで | さかなで, ぎゃくなで | rubbing the wrong way (e.g. a cat), irritating |
| 逆凪 | さかなぎ | backlash (after use of 'magic') |
| 逆効果 | ぎゃくこうか, ぎゃっこうか | backfire, counterproductive, opposite effect |
| 逆噴射 | ぎゃくふんしゃ | reverse thrust, crazy |
| 逆戻り | ぎゃくもどり | retrogression, reversal, relapse |
| 逆茂木 | さかもぎ | abatis |
| 逆襲 | ぎゃくしゅう | counterattack |
| 逆転 | ぎゃくてん | (sudden) change, reversal, turn-around, coming from behind (baseball) |
| 逆転勝ち | ぎゃくてんがち | winning after defeat seems certain, coming from behind to win |
| 逆輸入 | ぎゃくゆにゅう | reimportation |
| 逆風 | ぎゃくふう | head wind, adverse wind |