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転倒する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	転てん倒とうする	転てん倒とうしない
Polite	転てん倒とうします	転てん倒とうしません
Past polite	転てん倒とうしました	転てん倒とうしませんでした
Past	転てん倒とうした	転てん倒とうしなかった
Te-form	転てん倒とうして	転てん倒とうしないで
Desire	転てん倒とうしたい	転てん倒とうしたくない
Potential	転てん倒とうできる	転てん倒とうできない
Passive	転てん倒とうされる	転てん倒とうされない
Causative	転てん倒とうさせる	転てん倒とうさせない
Causative passive	転てん倒とうさせられる	転てん倒とうさせられない
Volitional	転てん倒とうしよう
Polite volitional	転てん倒とうしましょう
Imperative	転てん倒とうしろ	転てん倒とうするな
Conditional	転てん倒とうすれば	転てん倒とうしなければ
Tara conditional	転てん倒とうしたら	転てん倒とうしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

fall; tumble; topple over

Physical falling or toppling, typically of a person or object losing balance and going down. Intransitive.

階かい段だんで転てん倒とうしてけがをした。
I fell down the stairs and got injured.
強きょう風ふうで看かん板ばんが転てん倒とうした。
The signboard toppled over in the strong wind.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

reversal; inversion; turning upside-down

Abstract or figurative reversal of order, position, or relationship. Can be used both transitively and intransitively.

主しゅ客かく転てん倒とうした議ぎ論ろんになってしまった。
The discussion ended up with the priorities reversed.
その政せい策さくは因いん果が関かん係けいを転てん倒とうさせている。
That policy inverts the cause-and-effect relationship.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

getting upset; losing one's composure

Used almost exclusively in the set phrase 気が転倒する, meaning to be so upset or flustered that one cannot think straight. Intransitive.

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉が転てん倒とうするfor a person to trip and fall down
高こう齢れい者しゃが道みちで転てん倒とうして骨こっ折せつした。
An elderly person fell down on the road and broke a bone.
〈物もの〉が転てん倒とうするfor an object to topple over
地じ震しんで家か具ぐが転てん倒とうした。
The furniture toppled over in the earthquake.
転てん倒とうを防ふせぐto prevent a fall
この靴くつは転てん倒とうを防ふせぐために滑すべりにくい設せっ計けいになっている。
These shoes are designed to be slip-resistant in order to prevent falls.
〈事こと〉の順じゅん序じょが転てん倒とうするfor the order of things to be reversed
話はなしの順じゅん序じょが転てん倒とうしていて、聞きき手てが混こん乱らんした。
The order of the story was reversed, confusing the listeners.

Expressions

転てん倒とう注ちゅう意いwatch your step; slippery floor
気きが転てん倒とうするlose one's presence of mind; get flustered; be thrown off balance

Kanji

転revolve, turn around, change
倒overthrow, fall, collapse
顛overturn, summit, origin

Transitive / intransitive

転倒 itself can be used both intransitively and transitively in its abstract sense: intransitively in 主客が転倒する (the roles get reversed) and transitively in 主客を転倒する (to reverse the roles).

Related words

倒たおれるN4sense 1
倒れる is the common, general verb for falling or collapsing, while 転倒 is a more formal noun/verb emphasizing tumbling or toppling over.
逆ぎゃく転てんN2sense 2
逆転 describes a reversal or turnaround, often in competitions or fortunes, while 転倒 refers more broadly to an inversion of order, logic, or position.
横おう転てん
転倒 is the general term for falling or overturning in any direction, while 横転 specifically describes toppling or rolling sideways.

Don't confuse with

転てん落らくN1sense 1
転倒 means to lose balance and fall over on the spot, while 転落 means to fall or tumble down from a height or to a lower state.
伝でん統とうN3
転倒 (てんとう) sounds similar to 伝統 (でんとう) but means 'falling over,' while 伝統 means 'tradition.'
転てんじるN2
転倒する means 'to fall over' or 'to be reversed', while 転じる means 'to turn or change into something else'; learners can mix them up because both start with 転.

Word family

本ほん末まつ転てん倒とう
putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the means for the end; getting priorities backwards
主しゅ客かく転てん倒とう
reversing the order of importance; putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the means for the end
冠かん履り転てん倒とう
disorder; chaos; inversion of the natural order

Written forms

転てん倒とうUsage100%
Standard kanji spelling for all senses.
顛てん倒とうUsage<1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 転倒 is overwhelmingly preferred.

Etymology

Compound of 転 (turn, revolve, change) and 倒 (fall, collapse, invert). The combination conveys the idea of turning over and falling, extended to abstract reversal and mental upset.