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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
2 more...
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.
No less than 3 men fell in that race.
Some people fell and were injured.
Did he drop it when he fell?
You're the classic type who gets the ends and the means backwards.
Gradually reduce speed so as not to fall over.
By the way, the number of times I fell on the way back was five.
He tumbled on a steep slope while skiing.