Where does “真っ逆様” come from?

真っ逆様 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 真っ — prefixes nouns, adjectives or adjectival nouns...

真っ逆様 (Japanese): head over heels; headlong; head first

Definitions

  1. head over heels; headlong; head first

Ancestry of “真っ逆様”, step by step

真っ逆様 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 真っ

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1Japanese真っprefixes nouns, adjectives or adjectival nouns...

via Japanese 逆様

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese逆様
Every word from Japanese 真っ
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