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転てん倒とう
Meanings
Noun
1. 引っ繰り返ること。
2. 倒れること。
3. （てんどう）真実に反した考えをすること。また、その考え。
仏教
Alt. forms
転てん倒とう
95%
顛てん倒とう
4%
Kanji used
転
roll around
倒
collapse
Pitch accent
て
んとう
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Conjugations...Used in: 1127
Used in vocabulary (5 in total)
① 物事の結果と過程、あるいは目的と手段など、重要なことと瑣末なことを取り違えること。
to be upset; to be flurried; to be frightened (out of one's wits)
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 (2 in total)
No less than 3 men fell in that race.
He tumbled on a steep slope while skiing.