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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

Meanings

zuru verb, intransitive verb, transitive verb

turn; shift; alter; distract

Used both intransitively (something turns/changes) and transitively (someone turns/changes something). Often appears in formal or written contexts. The meaning 'to distract' is limited to set phrases like 話を転ずる (change the subject).

状じょう況きょうが急きゅうに転てんじた。
The situation suddenly turned.
彼かれは話わ題だいを転てんじて、天てん気きの話はなしを始はじめた。
He shifted the topic and started talking about the weather.

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Usage patterns

話はなしを転てんずるto change the subject
彼かれは急きゅうに話はなしを転てんじて、別べつの議ぎ題だいに移うつった。
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)
経けい済ざいは不ふ況きょうから好こう況きょうに転てんじた。
The economy turned from a recession to a boom.
方ほう向こうを転てんずるto change direction
台たい風ふうは北きたへ方ほう向こうを転てんじた。
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

転てんじるN2
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.
変かわるN4
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.
転てん換かんN1
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.
移うつるN4
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.