転轍

てんてつ うたてわだち

switching or shunting (of a rail car)

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

転手

てんじゅ

tuning peg (of a shamisen, etc.)

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

運転手

うんてんしゅ

driver, chauffeur

転路手

てんろしゅ

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

回転取手

かいてんとりで

"rotating handle"

トラック運転手

トラックうんてんしゅ

truck driver; lorry driver; trucker

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

性転換手術

せいてんかんしゅじゅつ

sex change surgery

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