回転

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See also: 回轉, 迴轉, and 回转

Japanese

Kanji in this term
かい
Grade: 2
てん
Grade: 3
on'yomi
Alternative spellings
回轉 (kyūjitai)
廻転

Etymology

is a daiyōji replacing .

Pronunciation

Noun

(かい)(てん) (kaiten

  1. rotation
  2. revolution

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Verb

(かい)(てん)する (kaiten suruintransitive suru (stem (かい)(てん) (kaiten shi), past (かい)(てん)した (kaiten shita))

  1. to rotate, spin
    • 1926, 葉山嘉樹, 海に生くる人々:
      推進器(すいしんき)は、飛行機(ひこうき)のプロペラーのように空中(くうちゅう)回転(かいてん)する。
      Suishinki wa, hikōki no puroperā no yō ni kūchū de kaiten suru.
      Its propeller spins in the air like the propeller of an airplane.
  2. to revolve

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN