回転

Japanese

Kanji in this term
かい
Grade: 2
てん
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Alternative forms

  • 廻転

Noun

回転 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 回轉, hiragana かいてん, rōmaji kaiten)

  1. rotation
  2. revolution

Verb

回転する (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 回轉する, intransitive, hiragana かいてんする, rōmaji kaiten suru)

  1. to rotate, spin
    • 1926, 葉山嘉樹, 海に生くる人々:
      推進器 (すいしんき)は、 () (こう) ()のプロペラーのように (くう) (ちゅう)回転 (かいてん)する。
      Suishinki wa, hikōki no puroperā no yō ni kūchū de kaiten suru.
      Its propeller spins in the air like the propeller of an airplane.
  2. to revolve

Conjugation

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