転じる

てんじる

Meanings

1. Ichidan verb, Transitive, Intransitive to turn; to shift; to switch; to change; to alter

Kanji

• 転 turn. Read as テン.

Example sentences

• 彼は会社をくびになったんだけど、わざわい転じて福となすで、見事独立したから偉いよ。
  His old company gave him the shaft. But I admire the way he turned bad luck into good and did even better with his own business.

Common phrases

• 増加に転じる
• 反撃に転じる
• 減少に転じる
• 目を転じる
• 攻勢に転じる
• 攻撃に転じる
• プラスに転じる (プラスにてんじる) to turn into an increase
• 上昇に転じる

Words containing 転じる

• 転じて (てんじて) by the way
• 災い転じて福となす (わざわいてんじてふくとなす) to turn misfortune into fortune (esp. through one's own efforts)
• 災いを転じて福となす (わざわいをてんじてふくとなす) to turn misfortune into fortune (esp. through one's own efforts)

And 1 more.

Word lists

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