転轍手

てんてつしゅ

switchman, pointsman, rail transport worker who operated railway switches (points)

転轍機

てんてつき

switch (of a railroad), points (of a railway)

轍

わだち てつ

rut, wheel track, furrow

前轍

ぜんてつ

wheel tracks left by vehicles that have passed before

轍鮒

てっぷ

imminent danger, like a carp stuck in a puddle on the road

轍叉

てっさ わだちまた

railway frog

轍を踏む

てつをふむ

to repeat a mistake (of somebody), to make the same mistake as that of..., to follow the rut (left by someone else)

轍鮒の急

てっぷのきゅう

imminent danger, impending hardship

前轍を踏む

ぜんてつをふむ

to repeat the mistake of somebody, to make the same mistake as that of...

途轍もない

とてつもない

extravagant, absurd, unbelievable, preposterous, unreasonable

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

前車の轍を踏む

ぜんしゃのてつをふむ

to repeat the mistake of somebody, to make the same mistake as that of..., to follow the rut of the preceding cart

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