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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

覆くつがえす

N1
くつがえす kutsugaesu
  1. to overturn
  2. to upset
  3. to overthrow
  4. to undermine
godan verbtransitive

Chinese meanings

推翻;颠覆

Examples

  • 最さい高こう裁さいは原げん判はん決けつをくつがえしました。
    The Supreme Court overturned a previous decision.
    最高法院推翻了原判决。
  • 彼かの女じょはまた決けっ心しんを覆くつがえし、そのことは私わたしたちみんなを怒おこらせた。
    She changed her mind again, which made us all angry.
    她又改变了决定,那件事惹恼了我们大家。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('ef8415130d'); // 覆す
{
  "id": "ef8415130d",
  "word": "覆す",
  "reading": "くつがえす",
  "romaji": "kutsugaesu",
  "meanings": [
    "to overturn",
    "to upset",
    "to overthrow",
    "to undermine"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "v5s",
    "vt"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1501490,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "最高裁は原判決をくつがえしました。",
      "furigana": "{最高裁|さいこうさい}は{原判決|げんはんけつ}をくつがえしました。",
      "en": "The Supreme Court overturned a previous decision.",
      "tatoeba_id": 170535
    },
    {
      "ja": "彼女はまた決心を覆し、そのことは私たちみんなを怒らせた。",
      "furigana": "{彼女|かのじょ}はまた{決心|けっしん}を{覆|くつがえ}し、そのことは{私|わたし}たちみんなを{怒|おこ}らせた。",
      "en": "She changed her mind again, which made us all angry.",
      "tatoeba_id": 91484
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "source_hash": "57dc2ea21adddd82711495c6c23af1c3e8c22241c64fda89b52e3cc688cda752",
    "meanings": [
      "推翻",
      "颠覆"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "最高裁は原判決をくつがえしました。",
        "zh": "最高法院推翻了原判决。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "彼女はまた決心を覆し、そのことは私たちみんなを怒らせた。",
        "zh": "她又改变了决定,那件事惹恼了我们大家。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/ef8415130d",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1501490; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "review_hash": "9d091d4ab8fc67feeb1190203eeed7c4497d071d4e032dbe081e3b99dbc2adcb",
    "status": "reviewed",
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
  }
}