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This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

反る

Reading

Kana: そる
Romaji: soru
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

v5r
vi
1

to warp; to be warped; to curve; to be curved; to be arched; to bend; to be bent

2

to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)

Kanji

反
Readings: ハン、 ホン、 タン、 ホ、 そ.る、 そ.らす、 かえ.す、 かえ.る、 -かえ.る
Meaning: anti-

Example Sentences

私(わたし)にとってのるかそるかだった。
➥It was sink or swim with me.
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彼(かれ)はのるかそるかのその案(あん)に決定(けってい)を下(くだ)したが、今(いま)や全(すべ)ての責任(せきにん)を問(と)われている。
➥He stuck his neck out for that idea, and now he's getting all the blame.
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のるかそるかの瀬戸際(せとぎわ)まできた。
➥The situation has come to the point where we either sink or swim.
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コンビニが女子(じょし)であふれかえってて、押(お)し分(わ)けて中(なか)にはいる気(き)もせず、そのまま帰(かえ)った。
➥The convenience store was overflowing with girls, I didn't have the urge to push my way through them and went home as I was.
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