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転(てん)じる

てんじるtenjiru

Very commonVerb

Meanings

Meanings are shown in English (JMdict).

  1. Ichidan verbtransitive verbintransitive verb

    to turn; to shift; to switch; to change; to alter

Example sentences 10

彼(かれ)は会(かい)社(しゃ)をくびになったんだけど、わざわい転(てん)じて福(ふく)となすで、見(み)事(ごと)独(どく)立(りつ)したから偉(えら)いよ。

  • His old company gave him the shaft. But I admire the way he turned bad luck into good and did even better with his own business.

株(かぶ)価(か)は上(あ)げに転(てん)じた。

  • Stock prices turned upward.

Words:株(かぶ)価(か)上(あ)げ転(てん)じる

Editorial example

軍(ぐん)は反(はん)攻(こう)に転(てん)じました。

  • The army turned to a counteroffensive.

Words:軍(ぐん)反(はん)攻(こう)転(てん)じる

Editorial example

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