転てん機き

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

Refers to a decisive moment or event that changes the course of a situation, career, or life.

転てん機きを迎むかえるto reach/face a turning point
彼かれは40歳さいで人じん生せいの転てん機きを迎むかえた。
He reached a turning point in his life at age 40.
〈事こと〉が転てん機きとなるfor an event to become a turning point
その出で会あいが彼かの女じょの人じん生せいの転てん機きとなった。
That encounter became a turning point in her life.
転てん機きをつかむto seize a turning point (as an opportunity)
彼かれは失しつ業ぎょうをきっかけに転てん機きをつかんだ。
He seized the turning point brought on by losing his job.
転てん機きが訪おとずれるfor a turning point to arrive
会かい社しゃを辞やめたことで、彼かれのキャリアに転てん機きが訪おとずれた。
Quitting his job brought a turning point to his career.

分ぶん岐き点てん
分岐点 is literally a branching point or fork (often used figuratively too), while 転機 is specifically the decisive moment when a situation or life changes direction.
節ふし目め
節目 marks a milestone or natural juncture in an ongoing process (like a birthday or anniversary), while 転機 stresses a sudden or decisive change of direction.
契けい機きN2
契機 is the more formal, often causal term for an occasion that triggers something, whereas 転機 specifically frames that occasion as a turning point in one's life or fortunes.
岐き路ろ
岐路 evokes a crossroads where one must choose a path, while 転機 is the moment the change itself actually occurs.
画かっ期きN1
画期 is a literary noun for an era-defining turning point in history, whereas 転機 is the everyday word for a turning point in a person's life or a situation.

Compound of 転 (turn, change) and 機 (opportunity, moment). The combination conveys a moment when circumstances turn or change significantly.