逆転|ぎゃくてんgyakuten[0]heiban (flat)
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- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbreversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout; turning the tables; sudden change; comeback
- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbreversal (of direction of rotation)
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 逆転する(ぎゃくてんする) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 逆転します(ぎゃくてんします) |
| Negative (nai) | 逆転しない(ぎゃくてんしない) |
| polite (masen) | 逆転しません(ぎゃくてんしません) |
| classical zu / nu | 逆転せず・逆転せぬ(ぎゃくてんせず・ぎゃくてんせぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 逆転した(ぎゃくてんした) |
| polite (mashita) | 逆転しました(ぎゃくてんしました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 逆転しなかった(ぎゃくてんしなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 逆転しませんでした(ぎゃくてんしませんでした) |
| Te form | 逆転して(ぎゃくてんして) |
| Potential | 逆転できる(ぎゃくてんできる) |
| Passive | 逆転される(ぎゃくてんされる) |
| Causative | 逆転させる(ぎゃくてんさせる) |
| Causative passive | 逆転させられる(ぎゃくてんさせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 逆転すれば(ぎゃくてんすれば) |
| tara | 逆転したら(ぎゃくてんしたら) |
| Volitional | 逆転しよう(ぎゃくてんしよう) |
| polite (mashou) | 逆転しましょう(ぎゃくてんしましょう) |
| Imperative | 逆転しろ(ぎゃくてんしろ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Synonym反転はんてんWrittenA noun for flipping direction or an image, as in 「白黒反転」; leans physical and technical, while 「逆転」 is about a situation turning around.
- Related覆すくつがえすWrittenA written-style verb for overturning settled conclusions or toppling a government; heavier in tone than 「逆転」.
- Related転倒てんとうNeutralA noun for falling down, or for getting priorities back to front, as in 「本末転倒」.
- Related裏返すうらがえすNeutralA verb for turning something over to its other side, or looking at an issue from the opposite standpoint; 「逆転」 is about a situation or direction reversing.
- Related翻すひるがえすWrittenA written-style verb for changing one's mind, or for things flipping and fluttering.
- Related倒置とうちWrittenA noun for reversing word order or position, as in 「倒置法」; chiefly a rhetoric term.
- Relatedひっくり返すひっくりかえすNeutralA verb for knocking things over or overturning them, as in 「判決をひっくり返す」; very common in everyday speech.
- Related翻倒ほんとうWrittenA written word for turning something upside down; rare in modern Japanese — people say 「ひっくり返る」 instead.
Use 「逆転」 for a comeback in a match or a situation turning around, as in 「逆転勝ち」. For flipping direction or an image use 「反転」; to overturn a decision, 「覆す」 or 「ひっくり返す」; for inverted word order, 「倒置」; for falling down, 「転倒」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only


