翻る・飜る|ひるがえるhirugaeru[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

Common
Which spelling to use
翻る翻る is the more common written form; use it as the usual choice when writing this word.
飜る飜る is a rarely used written variant; learners should generally choose 翻る instead.
Definitions
  1. godan verb, intransitive verbto flutter (in the wind); to wave; to flap; to fly
    The way she flips her ponytail will charm you before you realise it.
  2. godan verb, intransitive verbto turn over; to flip over
  3. godan verb, intransitive verbto suddenly change (attitude, opinion, etc.); to suddenly switch; to alter; to flip
Conjugation
Dictionary form翻る(ひるがえる)
Polite (masu)翻ります(ひるがえります)
Negative (nai)翻らない(ひるがえらない)
polite (masen)翻りません(ひるがえりません)
classical zu / nu翻らず・翻らぬ(ひるがえらず・ひるがえらぬ)
Past (ta)翻った(ひるがえった)
polite (mashita)翻りました(ひるがえりました)
Past negative (nakatta)翻らなかった(ひるがえらなかった)
polite (masen deshita)翻りませんでした(ひるがえりませんでした)
Te form翻って(ひるがえって)
Potential翻れる(ひるがえれる)
Passive翻られる(ひるがえられる)
Causative翻らせる(ひるがえらせる)
Causative passive翻らせられる・翻らされる(ひるがえらせられる・ひるがえらされる)
Conditional (ba)翻れば(ひるがえれば)
tara翻ったら(ひるがえったら)
Volitional翻ろう(ひるがえろう)
polite (mashou)翻りましょう(ひるがえりましょう)
Imperative翻れ(ひるがえれ)

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

Transitive / intransitive pair
intransitive翻るひるがえる⇄transitive翻すひるがえす
旗はたが翻ひるがえる
旗はたを翻ひるがえす
翻る emphasizes the event or resulting state of something, as in 旗が翻る; 翻す foregrounds the agent acting on something, as in 旗を翻す.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 風ふうにひらひらとなびく。
  2. 態度たいどや意見いけんが急きゅうに変かわる。くつがえる。
  3. 向むきが変かわって反対はんたいの面めんが出でる。
  4. (「ひるがえって」の形かたちで)その一方いっぽうで。
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