転

Meaning

転 centers on circular motion or a shift in state: revolving, turning around, or changing from one thing to another.

• 運転うんてん
  N5

  operation (of a machine); running; working

• 自転車じてんしゃ
  N5

  bicycle; bike

• 回転かいてん
  N2

  rotation; revolution; turn; spin

• 逆転ぎゃくてん
  N2

  reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout; turning the tables; sudden change; comeback

• 転換てんかん
  N1

  conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover

• 移転いてん
  N3

  moving; relocation; change of address

• 転職てんしょく
  N2

  change of job; change of occupation; career change

• 転売てんばい

  resale

• 転送てんそう
  N2

  transfer (of a call, patient, etc.); forwarding (a letter, email, etc.); redirection

• 転ぶころぶ
  N3

  to fall down; to fall over

• 転がるころがる
  N2

  to roll; to tumble

• 転落てんらく
  N1

  fall; tumble; spill; plunge; dive

• 反転はんてん

  rolling over; turning over

• 転倒てんとう

  fall; falling down; tumbling; toppling (over)

• 転移てんい

  moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; transition

• 転勤てんきん
  N3

  job transfer; job relocation; intra-company transfer

• 転向てんこう

  conversion; shift; about-face; switch

• 転用てんよう

  diversion; putting something to another use

• 転居てんきょ
  N2

  moving; changing residence; change of address

• 転覆てんぷく
  N1

  overturning; capsizing

• 好転こうてん
  N1

  changing for the better

• 転身てんしん
  N1

  changing (job, career, lifestyle, social position, beliefs, etc.)

• 転々てんてん
  N2

  moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly

• 転機てんき

  turning point

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