動どう転てん

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

mental disturbance; losing one's head; being upset

Describes a state of extreme mental agitation, shock, or panic where one cannot think clearly. Often used in the phrase 気が動転する.

See also: 気が動転する

• 突とつ然ぜんの知しらせに気きが動どう転てんして、何なにも言いえなかった。

  I was so upset by the sudden news that I couldn't say anything.

• 事じ故このショックで動どう転てんしてしまい、しばらく立たち上あがれなかった。

  I was so shaken by the accident that I couldn't stand up for a while.

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

transition; change; movement

Rare, literal sense referring to physical or abstract movement/change. Not commonly used in modern Japanese; the mental disturbance sense is dominant.

• この古ふるい文ぶん献けんでは、天てん体たいの動どう転てんについて記き述じゅつされている。

  This old document describes the movement of celestial bodies.