反転|はんてんhanten[0]heiban (flat)
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- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbrolling over; turning over
- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbturning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); inversion; flipping
- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verb, photographyproducing a positive from a negative; producing a negative from a positive
- 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.
- 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.
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