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    暗あん転てん

    (theatrical) blackout

    KMT9News #32+1Noun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveMusic & EntertainmentKanji Vocab24 strokes

    あんてん

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    (theatrical) blackout
    2.
    taking a (sudden) turn for the worse, rapid deterioration

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    舞ぶ台たいは暗あん転てんした。

    The stage went dark (blackout).

    KMT5Music & EntertainmentArt & Design
    劇げきのクライマックスで、照しょう明めいが暗あん転てんし、観かん客きゃくは息いきをのんだ。

    At the climax of the play, the lights went out, and the audience gasped.

    KMT9Music & EntertainmentArt & DesignEmotions & Psychology
    順じゅん調ちょうだった彼かれの人じん生せいは、ある出で来き事ごとを境さかいに暗あん転てんした。

    His smooth-sailing life took a sudden turn for the worse after a certain event.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    コンサートの演えん出しゅつで、曲きょくの途と中ちゅうでステージが暗あん転てんする場ば面めんがあった。

    In the concert's production, there was a scene where the stage went dark in the middle of a song.

    KMT9Music & EntertainmentArt & Design
    経けい済ざい状じょう況きょうの暗あん転てんは、多おおくの企き業ぎょうに影えい響きょうを与あたえた。

    The sudden downturn in the economic situation affected many companies.

    KMT9Business & FinanceDaily Life

    Kanji that make up this word

    暗
    くら.い・くら.む・くれ.る…(1)
    darkness・disappear・shade・informal・grow dark…(1)
    転
    ころ.がる・ころ.げる・ころ.がす・ころ.ぶ・まろ.ぶ・うたた…(3)
    revolve・turn around・change
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