ひっくり返かえす

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

turn over; flip; turn upside down; turn inside out

Physical action of flipping or turning something so the other side faces up or out. Covers turning objects over, turning clothes inside out, and similar concrete reversals.

• フライパンで卵たまごをひっくり返かえす。

  I flip the egg in the frying pan.

• セーターをひっくり返かえして洗せん濯たくネットに入いれた。

  I turned the sweater inside out and put it in a laundry net.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

knock over; tip over

Causing something to fall onto its side or upside down, often by accident or with force. Focuses on the result of the object being overturned rather than a careful flip.

• 猫ねこが花か瓶びんをひっくり返かえした。

  The cat knocked over the vase.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

overturn (a decision); reverse; upset

Figurative use: reversing a decision, ruling, or established situation. Often used with words like 決定, 判決, or 形勢.

• 裁さい判ばん所しょはその判はん決けつをひっくり返かえした。

  The court overturned the ruling.

• 彼かれのホームランが試し合あいの流ながれをひっくり返かえした。

  His home run reversed the flow of the game.