逆効果ぎゃくこうか (gyakukouka)

counter result

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Meaning

逆効果 (ぎゃくこうか, gyakukouka) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “counter result”.

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Example sentences 11

しつこく うのは ぎゃく 効果こうかです

If you go on about it, it will have the opposite effect.

運動は体にいいと言われている。もっとも、やりすぎると逆効果だ(が)。

They say that exercise is good for you (literally: your body), but doing too much will bring about the opposite effect.

彼の発言は逆効果になった。

His remarks had the opposite effect.

かれ発言はつげんぎゃく 効果こうかになった。

His remarks had the opposite effect.