Word Meaning 転倒

てんとう tentou

転倒 is read as てんとう (tentou) and means getting upset.

Meaning

English

getting upset
reversing
inverting
inversion
falling down
tumbling
overturning
turning over

Reading

Kana

てんとう

Romaji

tentou

Writing Variants

顛倒てんとう tentou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 16901 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

転倒注意

てんとうちゅうい

watch your step

本末転倒

ほんまつてんとう

putting the cart before the horse

七転八倒

しちてんばっとう

tossing oneself about in great pain

主客転倒

しゅかくてんとう

reversing the order of (relative) importance (of)

冠履転倒

かんりてんとう

disorder

気が転倒する

きがてんとうする

to be upset

転勤

てんきん

job transfer

転居

てんきょ

moving

転任

てんにん

change of post

転機

てんき

turning point

転職

てんしょく

change of job

転落

てんらく

fall

Example Sentences

それって本末転倒だろ。

You've got your priorities backwards.

そのレースでは３人も転倒した。

No less than 3 men fell in that race.

でも、それで士気が下がっては本末転倒ではないかと。

But, if by that, morale drops wouldn't that defeat the purpose of the exercise?

プロポーズもしないうちから、結婚式の計画をするのは、本末転倒だ。

Planning the wedding before proposing is putting the cart before the horse.

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てんとう虫 Ladybug