転倒

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See also: 顛倒

Japanese

Kanji in this term
転 倒
てん
Grade: 3 		とう
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spellings
轉倒 (kyūjitai)
顛倒

Etymology

転 is a daiyōji replacing 顚.

Noun

転(てん)倒(とう) • (tentō) 

  1. a fall, overturning, a tumble

Verb

転(てん)倒(とう)する • (tentō suru) suru (stem 転(てん)倒(とう)し (tentō shi), past 転(てん)倒(とう)した (tentō shita))

  1. to fall, to overturn
  2. to be upset
  3. to be reversed

Conjugation

Conjugation of "転倒する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 転倒し てんとうし tentō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 転倒し てんとうし tentō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 転倒する てんとうする tentō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 転倒する てんとうする tentō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 転倒すれ てんとうすれ tentō sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 転倒せよ¹
転倒しろ² 		てんとうせよ¹
てんとうしろ² 		tentō seyo¹
tentō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 転倒される てんとうされる tentō sareru
Causative 転倒させる
転倒さす 		てんとうさせる
てんとうさす 		tentō saseru
tentō sasu
Potential 転倒できる てんとうできる tentō dekiru
Volitional 転倒しよう てんとうしよう tentō shiyō
Negative 転倒しない てんとうしない tentō shinai
Negative continuative 転倒せず てんとうせず tentō sezu
Formal 転倒します てんとうします tentō shimasu
Perfective 転倒した てんとうした tentō shita
Conjunctive 転倒して てんとうして tentō shite
Hypothetical conditional 転倒すれば てんとうすれば tentō sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

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