好転|こうてんkouten[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbchanging for the better
    その状況じょうきょうはきっと好転こうてんするだろう。↗
    I am sure the situation will take a turn for the better.
Conjugation
Dictionary form好転する(こうてんする)
Polite (masu)好転します(こうてんします)
Negative (nai)好転しない(こうてんしない)
polite (masen)好転しません(こうてんしません)
classical zu / nu好転せず・好転せぬ(こうてんせず・こうてんせぬ)
Past (ta)好転した(こうてんした)
polite (mashita)好転しました(こうてんしました)
Past negative (nakatta)好転しなかった(こうてんしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)好転しませんでした(こうてんしませんでした)
Te form好転して(こうてんして)
Potential好転できる(こうてんできる)
Passive好転される(こうてんされる)
Causative好転させる(こうてんさせる)
Causative passive好転させられる(こうてんさせられる)
Conditional (ba)好転すれば(こうてんすれば)
tara好転したら(こうてんしたら)
Volitional好転しよう(こうてんしよう)
polite (mashou)好転しましょう(こうてんしましょう)
Imperative好転しろ(こうてんしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related上向くうわむくCasualColloquial. Used when markets or fortunes turn upward, as in 「景気が上向く」; stresses the trend swinging up rather than the situation as a whole improving.
  • Related向上こうじょうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Used for ability, level or quality rising; stresses the degree going up, while 「好転」 stresses a situation turning better.
  • RelatedよくなるCasualColloquial. The everyday, most common way to say something gets better; less formal than 「好転」 and works in any casual context.
  • Antonym悪化あっかWrittenWritten/formal prose. The direct opposite of 「好転」: things getting worse, as in 「病状が悪化する」.
  • Antonym後退こうたいWrittenWritten/formal prose. Means falling back or declining; the opposite of 「好転」, which points to things moving for the better.

Use 「好転」 when a situation, illness or relationship turns from bad to better, as in 「事態が好転する」. In casual speech say 「良くなる」; for a market turning up, 「上向く」; for rising skill or quality, 「向上」. The opposite is 「悪化」.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 事態じたいが良よい方ほうへと変かわること。
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