関数に似ているが、先頭から順方向に探すのではなく、ポインタ s が指し示す n バイトのメモリブロックの末尾から逆向きに探す。

function, except that it searches backwards from the end of the n bytes pointed to by s instead of forwards from the beginning. - JM

ただし「風呂」とは本来、サウナ風呂のことを指し、蒸気を満たした「室（むろ）」が語源であることを考えると、上の説は前後が逆転している。

However, because 'Furo' is originally a term used to refer to a sauna bath and its original form was 'Muro,' which is a space filled with water vapor, the relationship between the cause and the result seems to have been reversed in this view. - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス

穏便に開国・倒幕を行いたかった海・陸援隊とは逆に、武力による倒幕を目指していた薩摩の仕業との声も根強い。

There are also many who believe that it was the deed of Satsuma, aiming to overthrow the shogunate by force, which is the opposite to the peaceful approach taken by the Kaientai (an association of masterless samurai organized by Ryoma SAKAMOTO) and the Rikuentai (an association of masterless samurai organized by Shintaro NAKAOKA). - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス