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逆転

ぎゃくてん

Readings

ぎゃくてん

Meanings

  1. 1.
    n, vs, vt, vireversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout; turning the tables; sudden change; comeback
  2. 2.
    n, vs, vt, vireversal (of direction of rotation)

Kanji breakdown

逆
N49 strokesGrade 5
転
N311 strokesGrade 3

Example sentences

形勢は逆転した。

Now the shoe is on the other foot.

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逆転ぎゃくてん

(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)

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