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本末転倒^☆【ほんまつてんとうhonmatsutentou】本末顛倒 Inflection: noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:
failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards - four character idiom; あなたanata のno 言っているitteiru ことkoto はha本末転倒honmatsutentouだda とto 思わないomowanai かいkai？ Don't you think you're putting the cart before the horse?

Kanji definition:

本

常用１年JLPTN5

ホンHON・もとmoto

book; present; main; origin; true; real; counter for long cylindrical things

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基本【きほんkihon】: foundation; basis; standard
本社【ほんしゃhonsha】: head office; main office; headquarters; parent company; / main shrine; / this company; this shrine
本部【ほんぶhonbu】: headquarters; head office; main office
本当【ほんとうhontou】: truth; reality; actuality; fact; / proper; right; correct; official; / genuine; authentic; natural; veritable
本人【ほんにんhonnin】: the person himself

末

常用４年JLPTN3

マツMATSU・バツBATSU・すえsue

end; close; tip; powder; posterity

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年末【ねんまつnenmatsu】: end-of-year
末【すえsue】: tip; top; / end; close (e.g. close of the month); / youngest child; / descendants; offspring; posterity; / future; / finally; / trivialities
末期【まっきmakki】: closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; end-of-life (care, decision making, etc.); / terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
週末【しゅうまつshuumatsu】: weekend
末端【まったんmattan】: end; tip; extremities; terminal

顛

テンTEN・いただきitadaki・たおれるtao.reru

overturn; summit; origin

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顛落【てんらくtenraku】: fall; tumble; spill; plunge; dive; / degradation; comedown; demotion; slump
顛覆【てんぷくtenpuku】: overturning; capsizing; / overthrow (e.g. of a government)
顛倒【てんとうtentou】: falling down; tumbling; overturning; turning over; / reversing; inverting; inversion; / getting upset
本末顛倒【ほんまつてんとうhonmatsutentou】: failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards
動顛【どうてんdouten】: disturbance of mind; losing one's head; being upset; being astonished; being frightened; / transition; changing; moving

倒

常用中学校JLPTN3

トウTOU・たおれるtao.reru・~だおれ dao.re・たおすtao.su・さかさまsakasama・さかさsakasa・さかしまsakashima

overthrow; fall; collapse; drop; break down

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倒産【とうさんtousan】: (corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
圧倒的【あっとうてきattouteki】: overwhelming
面倒【めんどうmendou】: trouble; bother; / trouble; difficulty; / care; attention
倒れる【たおれるtaoreru】: to fall (over, down); to collapse; to take a fall; to topple; / to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to cave in; to crumble; to give away; / to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to break down (e.g. from overwork); / to die; to be killed; / to go bankrupt (of a company, bank, etc.); to fail; to collapse; to go under; / to be defeated (in a game); to lose; / to fall (of a government, dictator, etc.); to be overthrown
前倒し【まえだおしmaedaoshi】: moving forward (e.g. plans); acceleration (e.g. of payment schedule); front-loading

Kanji

ホンHON・もとmoto

book; present; main; origin; true; real; counter for long cylindrical things

マツMATSU・バツBATSU・すえsue

end; close; tip; powder; posterity

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