JLPT N1 Advanced
裏目
Backfiring or an outcome opposite to what was intended
Readings
Other forms
裏目に出る urame ni deru - the set phrase meaning "to backfire"
Noun
Backfiring" / "Producing the opposite result
Describes a result where an action produces the exact opposite of the intended positive outcome.
Example
良かれ と 思って した こと が 、 裏目 に 出て しまった 。
What I did with the best of intentions ended up backfiring.
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