See also: 回轉, 迴轉, and 回转

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
かい
Grade: 2
てん
Grade: 3
on’yomi
Alternative spellings
回轉 (kyūjitai)
廻転

Etymology edit

is a daiyōji replacing .

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(かい)(てん) (kaiten

  1. rotation
  2. revolution

Derived terms edit

Verb edit

(かい)(てん)する (kaiten suruintransitive suru (stem (かい)(てん) (kaiten shi), past (かい)(てん)した (kaiten shita))

  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、飛行機(ひこうき)のプロペラーのように空中(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 edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998) NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997) 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN