反転|はんてんhanten[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbrolling over; turning over
  2. noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbturning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); inversion; flipping
    敵てきは機首きしゅを反転はんてんして我々われわれの方向ほうこうに向むけた。↗
    The enemy's plane suddenly turned toward us.
    この先さきネタバレ♪大丈夫だいじょうぶな方かたはドラッグ(反転はんてん)して読よんでね♪↗
    Spoilers ahead! If you don't mind that then read after highlighting (colour inverting).
  3. noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verb, photographyproducing a positive from a negative; producing a negative from a positive
  4. noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verb, mathcircle inversion; plane inversion
Conjugation
Dictionary form反転する(はんてんする)
Polite (masu)反転します(はんてんします)
Negative (nai)反転しない(はんてんしない)
polite (masen)反転しません(はんてんしません)
classical zu / nu反転せず・反転せぬ(はんてんせず・はんてんせぬ)
Past (ta)反転した(はんてんした)
polite (mashita)反転しました(はんてんしました)
Past negative (nakatta)反転しなかった(はんてんしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)反転しませんでした(はんてんしませんでした)
Te form反転して(はんてんして)
Potential反転できる(はんてんできる)
Passive反転される(はんてんされる)
Causative反転させる(はんてんさせる)
Causative passive反転させられる(はんてんさせられる)
Conditional (ba)反転すれば(はんてんすれば)
tara反転したら(はんてんしたら)
Volitional反転しよう(はんてんしよう)
polite (mashou)反転しましょう(はんてんしましょう)
Imperative反転しろ(はんてんしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym逆転ぎゃくてんNeutralReversal of a situation or comeback from behind, as in 「逆転勝ち」; 「反転」 leans toward flips of direction or images.
  • Synonym裏返すうらがえすNeutralVerb for turning something inside out, as in 「靴下を裏返す」; 「反転」 leans toward flips of direction.
  • Related覆すくつがえすWrittenWritten verb for overthrowing a regime or overturning an established theory, as in 「定説を覆す」; 「反転」 leans toward flips of direction.
  • Related翻すひるがえすWrittenWritten verb for quickly turning something over or changing one's mind, as in 「前言を翻す」; 「反転」 focuses on direction, image, and positive/negative flips.
  • Related倒置とうちWrittenWritten term for placing something upside down or inverting word order, as in 「倒置法」; 「反転」 leans toward flips of direction.
  • Relatedひっくり返すひっくりかえすCasualColloquial verb for turning things over or overturning a decision, as in 「判定をひっくり返す」; 「反転」 is more written (also 「反転する」) and favors direction or positive/negative flips.
  • Related翻倒ほんとうWrittenWritten term for turning something upside down; 「反転」 leans toward flips of direction or positive/negative.
  • Antonym正転せいてんWrittenWritten term for a machine rotating in its normal direction; the opposite of 「反転」 in forward vs. reverse rotation.

Use 「反転」 for flips of direction, images, or positive/negative, as in 「白黒反転」 and 「株価が反転」. For overturning something use 「覆す」, for a situation turning around 「逆転」, and for turning inside out 「裏返す」; 「正転」 is its opposite.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 転ころぶ(転ころばす)こと。
  2. 引っくり返ひっくりかえす(ひっくり返かえる)こと。
  3. 向むきがかわること。向むきをかえること。
  4. 画像がぞうの色いろを補色ほしょくにする加工かこう。
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