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    3. 転向

    転向

    転てん向こう

    conversion

    KMT8News #20+1Noun, Participle, Verb, IntransitivePolitics & LawKanji Vocab17 strokes

    てんこう

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    conversion, shift, about-face, switch

    Stroke 0 / 17

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは政せい治じ的てきな転てん向こうを経けい験けんした。

    He experienced a political conversion.

    KMT7Politics & Law
    彼かれの思し想そうの転てん向こうは周しゅう囲いを驚きょかせた。

    The shift in his ideology surprised those around him.

    KMT8Politics & LawEmotions & Psychology
    その政せい党とうは、国こく民みんの支し持じを得えるために政せい策さくの転てん向こうを余よ儀ぎなくされた。

    That political party was forced to shift its policies to gain public support.

    KMT8Politics & Law
    彼かれはかつて社しゃ会かい主しゅ義ぎ者しゃだったが、後のちに資し本かん主しゅ義ぎへと転てん向こうした。

    He was once a socialist, but later converted to capitalism.

    KMT8Politics & LawHistory
    若わかい頃ころの急きゅう進しん的てきな思し想そうから、彼かれは晩ばん年ねん穏お健んけ派んへへと転てん向こうした。

    From his radical ideas in his youth, he converted to a moderate in his later years.

    KMT9Politics & LawHistory

    Kanji that make up this word

    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
    向
    む.く・む.い・-む.き・む.ける・-む.け・む.かう…(12)
    yonder・facing・beyond・confront・defy…(2)
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