転覆

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See also: 顛覆, and 顚覆

Japanese

Kanji in this term
てん
Grade: 3
ふく > ぷく
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spellings
轉覆 (kyūjitai)
顛覆
 転覆 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

is a daiyōji replacing .

Pronunciation

Noun

(てん)(ぷく) (tenpuku

  1. capsizing, overturn

Verb

(てん)(ぷく)する (tenpuku surutransitive or intransitive suru (stem (てん)(ぷく) (tenpuku shi), past (てん)(ぷく)した (tenpuku shita))

  1. (intransitive)
    1. to overturn (physically)
      Synonyms: 横転する (ōten suru), ひっくり返る (hikkurikaeru)
    2. (of a government, authority) to be overthrown
      Synonym: 倒れる (taoreru)
  2. (transitive)
    1. to overthrow (physically)
      Synonym: ひっくり返す (hikkurikaesu)
    2. to subvert (a government, authority)
      Synonyms: 倒す (taosu), 打倒する (datō suru)

Conjugation

References

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