本末転倒 (ほんまつてんとう)failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end

Kanji in 本末転倒

• 本Book; Present; MainRead with its on'yomi here · JLPT N5
• 末End; Close; TipRead with its on'yomi here · JLPT N3
• 転Revolve; Turn Around; ChangeRead with its on'yomi here · JLPT N4
• 倒Overthrow; Fall; CollapseRead with its on'yomi here · JLPT N3

Words that share its kanji

• 基本きほんbasics; fundamentals
• 日本人にほんじんJapanese person; Japanese people
• 本社ほんしゃhead office; main office
• 本部ほんぶheadquarters; head office
• 日本語にほんごJapanese (language)
• 本人ほんにんthe person in question; the person themselves
• 本会議ほんかいぎplenary session; regular session
• 本塁打ほんるいだhome run
• 年末ねんまつend-of-year
• 末すえend; tip
• 末期まっきclosing years (period, days); last stage
• 週末しゅうまつweekend
• 末端まったんend; tip
• 端末たんまつterminal; computer terminal
• 世紀末せいきまつend of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle
• 幕末ばくまつclosing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of Edo era
• 転換てんかんconversion; diversion
• 運転うんてんoperation (of a machine, etc.); operating