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逆ぎゃく転てん

N1
ぎゃくてん gyakuten
  1. (sudden) change
  2. reversal
  3. turn-around
  4. coming from behind (baseball)
nounする verbtransitiveintransitive

Chinese meanings

逆转

Examples

  • 形けい勢せいは逆ぎゃく転てんした。
    Now the shoe is on the other foot.
    局势逆转了。
  • 松井、起死回生の逆転満塁サヨナラホームラン!
    Matsui pulled the Giants back from the brink with a grand slam that gave them a come-from-behind victory.
    松井打出了起死回生、逆转比分的满垒再见本垒打!
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('f44fefb984'); // 逆転
{
  "id": "f44fefb984",
  "word": "逆転",
  "reading": "ぎゃくてん",
  "romaji": "gyakuten",
  "meanings": [
    "(sudden) change",
    "reversal",
    "turn-around",
    "coming from behind (baseball)"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "n",
    "vs",
    "vt",
    "vi"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1227170,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "形勢は逆転した。",
      "furigana": "{形勢|けいせい}は{逆転|ぎゃくてん}した。",
      "en": "Now the shoe is on the other foot.",
      "tatoeba_id": 176543
    },
    {
      "ja": "松井、起死回生の逆転満塁サヨナラホームラン!",
      "en": "Matsui pulled the Giants back from the brink with a grand slam that gave them a come-from-behind victory.",
      "tatoeba_id": 146426
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "source_hash": "43f472a000d221d5d7191df99fc2a13cad36ab07f3c3d736998345fab6d6a272",
    "meanings": [
      "逆转"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "形勢は逆転した。",
        "zh": "局势逆转了。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "松井、起死回生の逆転満塁サヨナラホームラン!",
        "zh": "松井打出了起死回生、逆转比分的满垒再见本垒打!"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/f44fefb984",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1227170; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "review_hash": "4787e104573e87c0ebfe14273811fd29eef99e35e3a6767bff2917defc94eef5",
    "status": "reviewed",
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
  }
}