Word Meaning 二転三転

にてんさんてん nitensanten

二転三転 is read as にてんさんてん (nitensanten) and means changing again and again.

Meaning

English

  1. changing again and again
  2. seesawing back and forth
  3. being in a state of flux

Reading

Kana

にてんさんてん

Romaji

nitensanten

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 27 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Yojijukugo Rank 84281 Priority N

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二三

にさん

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さんがいるてん

endless cycle of rebirth through the three worlds of past, present, and future existences

無二無三

むにむざん

one and only

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いっといちどうにふよんじゅうさんけん

one metropolis (Tokyo), one "circuit" (Hokkaido), two urban prefectures (Osaka and Kyoto) and 43 prefectures proper

二重

ふたえ

diplo-

二言

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repeating oneself

二度

にど

two degrees

二死

にし

two out

二世

にせい

son