転てん変ぺん

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

change; mutation; vicissitude

Refers to things changing or transforming, often with a nuance of unpredictability or instability. Can be used for both concrete and abstract changes. The noun form is common; the する verb is intransitive.

• 世よの中なかの転てん変ぺんは激はげしい。

  The changes in the world are drastic.

• 状じょう況きょうがめまぐるしく転てん変ぺんする。

  The situation changes rapidly.