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自転 (じてん): rotation, spin — Japanese vocabulary

自転 is read じてん and means "rotation, spin". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

自転

Reading
じてん · jiten
Translation
rotation, spin
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
じてんが

Example

仮に地球が自転をやめれば、どうなると思いますか。

かりにちきゅうがじてんをやめれば、どうなるとおもいますか。

Were the earth to stop revolving, what do you suppose would happen?

Kanji in this word

  • 自 — self
  • 転 — roll, revolve

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