回かい天てん

noun

changing the world; turning the tide

Formal or literary noun expressing a dramatic reversal of circumstances or a world-changing event. Often used in grand, historical, or rhetorical contexts.

• 彼かれの演えん説ぜつは回かい天てんの力ちからを持もつと評ひょうされた。

  His speech was praised as having the power to change the world.

• 歴れき史しの回かい天てんを目め指ざした改かい革かくだった。

  It was a reform aimed at turning the tide of history.

noun

Kaiten (manned suicide torpedo)

Historical term referring to the manned suicide torpedoes used by the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Not used in modern military contexts.

• 回かい天てんは、太たい平へい洋よう戦せん争そう末まっ期きに日本にほん海かい軍ぐんが使し用ようした特とっ攻こう兵へい器きである。

  The Kaiten was a special attack weapon used by the Japanese navy in the final stages of the Pacific War.