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逆転 (ぎゃくてん): (sudden) change, reversal, turn-around — Japanese vocabulary

逆転 is read ぎゃくてん and means "(sudden) change, reversal, turn-around". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

逆転

Reading
ぎゃくてん · gyakuten
Translation
(sudden) change, reversal, turn-around
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
ぎゃくてんが

Example

形勢は逆転した。

けいせいはぎゃくてんした。

Now the shoe is on the other foot.

Kanji in this word

  • 逆 — Inverted, Reverse, Opposite
  • 転 — roll, revolve

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