てんとう
Tentou
Other forms: 顛倒
転倒 (Tentou) is a Japanese noun meaning “fall, falling down, tumbling, toppling (over)”.
Meanings
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbfall; falling down; tumbling; toppling (over)
- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbinversion; reversal; turning upside-down
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbgetting upset; losing one's presence of mind
Examples
本末を転倒するな。
Don't put the cart before the horse.
本末を転倒してはいけない。
Don't put the cart before the horse.
転倒して彼は大ケガをした。
The tumble hurt him badly.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).