覆す
N1くつがえす kutsugaesu
- to overturn
- to upset
- to overthrow
- to undermine
godan verbtransitive
Chinese meanings
推翻;颠覆
Examples
- 最高裁は原判決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。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"
}
}