on the contrary, rather, all the more, instead
Example sentences
彼は転地したためにかえっていっそう悪くなった。
He is so much the worse for a change of air.
彼は恥ずかしがりやだから、かえって好きです。
I like him all the better for his shyness.
彼は口下手で、お世辞にも要領がいいとは言えませんが、それだけかえって私は彼が好きなのです。
He may be a poor talker and far from shrewd, but I like him all the better for that.
More N2 vocabulary
- 休息rest, relief, relaxation
- 温泉spa, hot spring, onsen
- 斜めobliqueness
- 引っ繰り返るto be overturned, to be upset, to topple over, to be reversed
- 各々each, every, either, respectively, severally
- 涼むto cool oneself, to cool off, to enjoy evening cool