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てんとう
Meanings
Noun
Verb (する, intransitive)
1. fall; falling down; tumbling; toppling (over)
Did he drop it when he fell?
Noun
Verb (する, transitive)
2. inversion; reversal; turning upside-down
You're the classic type who gets the ends and the means backwards.
Noun
Verb (する, intransitive)
3. getting upset; losing one's presence of mind
I was so shocked that I completely lost my head.
Alt. forms
転てん倒とう
96%
顛てん倒とう
3%
てんとう
Pitch accent
て
んとう
Conjugations...Used in: 1
Used in vocabulary (5 in total)
putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the means for the end; getting one's priorities backwards
reversing the order of (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; the tables being turned; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; mistaking the means for the end
reversing the order of (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; the tables being turned; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; mistaking the means for the end
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Examples (10 in total)
This gets the priorities backwards.
I was so shocked that I completely lost my head.
If you don't pay attention, you will fall over immediately.
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