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転ずる (てんずる, tenzuru) Japanese meaning: turn | Kotomora
Freq. Frequency Top 20,000 Conjugation 転ずる · zuru verb
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 転てん ずる 転てん じない Polite 転てん じます 転てん じません Past polite 転てん じました 転てん じませんでした Past 転てん じた 転てん じなかった Te-form 転てん じて 転てん じないで Desire 転てん じたい 転てん じたくない Potential 転てん じられる also formal 転てん ぜられる 転てん じられない also formal 転てん ぜられない Passive 転てん じられる also formal 転てん ぜられる 転てん じられない also formal 転てん ぜられない Causative 転てん じさせる 転てん じさせない Causative passive 転てん じさせられる 転てん じさせられない Volitional 転てん じよう Polite volitional 転てん じましょう Imperative 転てん じろ also written 転てん ぜよ 転てん ずるな Conditional 転てん じれば also 転てん ずれば 転てん じなければ Tara conditional 転てん じたら 転てん じなかったら
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The situation suddenly turned.
He shifted the topic and started talking about the weather.
Usage patterns 話はなし を 転てん ずる to change the subject
He suddenly changed the subject and moved on to another topic.
〈 事こと 〉 に 転てん ずる to turn into, to shift to (a new state or course)
The economy turned from a recession to a boom.
方ほう 向こう を 転てん ずる to change direction
The typhoon changed direction toward the north.
Kanji 転 revolve, turn around, change Transitive / intransitive 転ずる itself is used both intransitively and transitively: intransitively, 「風向きが転ずる」 (the wind direction shifts) describes something changing on its own; transitively, 「話を転ずる」 (to change the subject) describes someone actively turning or shifting something.
Related words 転じる and 転ずる are the same verb in different conjugation classes (jiru vs zuru); 転じる is the far more common modern form, while 転ずる sounds slightly old-fashioned or literary.
変わる is the general, everyday word for 'to change', while 転ずる suggests a more deliberate or noticeable turn in direction, topic, or state.
転換する is used for switching a policy, method, or direction (方針転換), whereas 転ずる is a broader literary verb for turning or shifting in general.
移る emphasizes a shift from one place, topic, or state to another, while 転ずる stresses the act of turning or reversing course.
Etymology The verb 転ずる is a zuru-verb form derived from the classical verb 転ず, which itself comes from the kanji 転 (turn, revolve). It is an older alternative to the ichidan verb 転じる.
