かいてん
Meanings
Noun
Verb (する)
1. rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning
Pitch accent
いてん
Composed of
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
change in pronunciation or meaning of a word; sound change; word with an altered pronunciation or meaning; turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)
Used in vocabulary (52 in total)
swivel chair
flashing lights; revolving lights; lights used on the top of emergency vehicles
one revolution; one rotation
full operation
thoughts; thinking
number of revolutions (i.e. as an engine speed); number of rotations; speed of revolution; speed of rotation
conveyor belt sushi; sushi-go-round; sushi train; kaiten-zushi
conveyor belt sushi; sushi-go-round; sushi train; kaiten-zushi
spinning the opposite way; backspin (tennis, baseball); counter
the giant slalom
turnover rate (merchandise, capital)
revolving door
merry-go-round; carousel
axis of revolution
rotary wing (aircraft); rotor
cylinder; magazine of a revolver
tachometer; revolution counter
radius of gyration
super-rotation
solid of revolution
pivoted window
angle of rotation
gyroscope
surface of revolution
revolving account
revolving fund
rotational isomer
rotating field
rotation symmetry
rotatory polarization; rotatory polarisation
rotational position sensing; RPS
rotational position sensing; RPS
rotational delay time; search time
character rotation
swivel clip
prostitution in which services are provided by several women in rotation (esp. in "pink salons")
prostitution in which anal sex services are provided by several women in rotation (esp. in "pink salons")
tumble dryer; rotary dryer (industrial)
testicular torsion; torsion of the testis
rotary electric motor
tachometer; revolution counter
zoetrope (animation device)
rotational level; rotational state
Examples (5 in total)
The planets revolve around the sun.
The moon revolves around the earth.
The Earth rotates on its axis.