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

  operation (of a machine); running; working

• 自転車じてんしゃ

  bicycle; bike

• 回転かいてん

  rotation; revolution; turn; spin

• 逆転ぎゃくてん

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

• 転換てんかん

  conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover

• 移転いてん

  moving; relocation; change of address

• 転職てんしょく

  change of job; change of occupation; career change

• 転売てんばい

  resale

• 転送てんそう

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

• 転ぶころぶ

  to fall down; to fall over

• 転がるころがる

  to roll; to tumble

• 転落てんらく

  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

  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

  moving; changing residence; change of address

• 転覆てんぷく

  overturning; capsizing

• 好転こうてん

  changing for the better

• 転身てんしん

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

• 転々てんてん

  moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly

• 転機てんき

  turning point

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