回天

Chinese

 
to circle; to go back; to turn around
to circle; to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to revolve; (a measure word for matters or actions) a time; Islam
day; sky; heaven
trad. (回天/迴天) /
simp. (回天)

Pronunciation


Verb

回天

  1. (figuratively) to save a desperate situation

Derived terms

  • 回天乏術回天乏术 (“in a desperate situation”)
  • 無力迴天无力回天 (“in a desperate situation”)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (回天):
  • Japanese: 回天(かいてん) (kaiten)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
かい
Grade: 2
てん
Grade: 1
kan’on on’yomi
Alternative spelling
廻天

Etymology

is a daiyōji replacing .

Pronunciation

Noun

(かい)(てん) (kaiten) くわいてん (kwaiten)?

  1. (figuratively) changing the worsening situation for the better; turning the tide

Verb

(かい)(てん)する (kaiten suru) くわいてん (kwaiten)?suru (stem (かい)(てん) (kaiten shi), past (かい)(てん)した (kaiten shita))

  1. (figuratively) to change the worsening situation for the better; to turn the tide

Conjugation

Proper noun

(かい)(てん) (Kaiten) 

  1. (weaponry) Kaiten, crewed torpedoes and suicide craft used by the Imperial Japanese Navy in the final stages of World War II

References

  1. 2011, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Seventh Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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