一転機

いってんき いちてんき

turning point

心機一転

しんきいってん

changing one's attitude, turning over a new leaf, getting a fresh start

局面一転

きょくめんいってん

sudden reversal in the tide of events, the situation taking a new turn

一回転

いちかいてん いっかいてん

one revolution, one rotation

一打逆転

いちだぎゃくてん

a complete turnabout via a single blow

一大転機

いちだいてんき

significant turning point

一発逆転

いっぱつぎゃくてん

turning things around with a home run, turning the tables with a single successful attack (move)

転

てん くるり うたた うたて

turning around (once)

二転三転

にてんさんてん

change again and again, seesaw back and forth, being in a state of flux, backtracking repeatedly

転倒･転落

てんとう･てんらく

Accidental Falls

一時運転見合わせ

いちじうんてんみあわせ

temporary suspension of (train) service

転出

てんしゅつ

moving out, transfer

転封

てんぽう

forced relocation of a daimyo to a different domain by the Edo shogunate

後転

こうてん

backward somersault, backward roll

配転

はいてん

reshuffling, job rotation

流転

るてん りゅうてん

vicissitudes, continual change

転変

てんぺん

mutation, change, vicissitude

転轍

てんてつ うたてわだち

switching or shunting (of a rail car)

自転

じてん

rotation (usu. on an axis), turning, spin