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Meanings

overturn
summit
origin

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
テン
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
いただき
たお.れる

Common Words

んらく
顛落
~する Verb
Noun
Intransitive
Freq #8038
1

fall; tumble; spill; plunge; dive

Examples
阪神三日天下。あっと言う間に首位から転落しちゃったよ。
Hanshin's moment of glory didn't last. They fell out of first place in a hurry.
2

fall (in position, standing, etc.); downfall; descent; degradation; comedown; demotion

んとう
顛倒
~する Verb
Noun
Intransitive
Freq #10475
1

fall; falling down; tumbling; toppling (over)

Examples
そのレースでは3人も転倒した。
No less than 3 men fell in that race.
2

Transitive verb

inversion; reversal; turning upside-down

Examples
本末を転倒するな。
Don't put the cart before the horse.
3

getting upset; losing one's presence of mind

顚末
んまつ
Noun
Freq #14853
1

details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars

んまつてんとう
本末顛倒
本末顚倒
~する Verb
Noun
Intransitive
四字熟語
Freq #15429
1

putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the means for the end; getting one's priorities backwards

Examples
あなたの言っていることは本末転倒だと思わないかい?
Don't you think you're putting the cart before the horse?
うてん
動顛
動顚
~する Verb
Noun
Intransitive
Freq #20536
1

disturbance of mind; losing one's head; being upset; being astonished; being frightened

Examples
その出来事が彼を動転させた。
The incident upset him.
2

transition; changing; moving

んぷく
顛覆
顚覆
~する Verb
Noun
Intransitive
Transitive
Freq #24405
1

overturning; capsizing

Examples
積荷のバランスが取れなくて船は転覆した。
Due to a lack of balance the ship turned over.
2

overthrow (e.g. of a government)

ちてんばっとう
ってんばっとう
七顛八倒
七顚八倒
~する Verb
Noun
Intransitive
四字熟語
Freq #55821
1

tossing oneself about in great pain; writhing in agony

Examples
週末に胆石が動いて、七転八倒の苦しみを味わったよ。
I spent the weekend writhing in agony when my gallstone started to move.
不列顛
不列顚
Noun
Usually kana
Freq #58892
1

Britain (island); Great Britain

酒顛童子
酒天童子
朱点童子
しゅてんどうじ
Noun
Freq #95065
1

Shuten-dōji; mythical Japanese oni (demon) who lived on Mt. Ōe

転倒
てんどう
Noun
Freq #96079
1

Buddhism

cognitive distortion

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