How to say "turnaround" in Japanese

• 逆転ぎゃくてんJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbThe common word for the figurative sense: a situation reversing, the tables being turned, as when a losing side comes back to win. Usually the word you want for a turnaround of this kind.
  形勢けいせいは逆転ぎゃくてんした。↗

  Now the shoe is on the other foot.
• 車回しくるままわし
  nounThe literal, physical sense: a place where a vehicle can turn around, such as at the end of a driveway. For this driving sense it is the right word, though it is less common.
• ターンアラウンド
  nounA straight borrowing of the English word, written in katakana. It is less common, and where a turnaround means a company's return to profit, 黒字転換 is the specific term.
• 黒字転換くろじてんかん
  noun, suru verbConfined to the financial sense: a company's turnaround in the sense of returning to profit, moving from loss into the black. It is not the word for a turnaround in general.

Use 逆転 for a situation turning around or a comeback, 「車回し」 for a spot where a car can turn around, 黒字転換 for a company's return to profit, and 「ターンアラウンド」 as the less common loanword.

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• 逆転ぎゃくてんreversal (of a situation)
• 車回しくるままわしturnaround (e.g. at the end of a driveway)
• ターンアラウンドturnaround
• 黒字転換くろじてんかんreturning to profit