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The Japanese word for to turn is
曲がる

まがる - magaru



to turn

Japanese Definition


turn
     1. 動詞. (他動詞)まわす。
     2. 動詞. (自動詞)まわる、回転する。
     3. 動詞. (他動詞)かえる。
     4. 動詞. (自動詞)まがる。
     5. 動詞. (他動詞)うらがえす。
     6. 動詞. (自動詞)(時間など)すぎる。
     7. 名詞. 回転。
     8. 名詞. コーナー。
     9. 名詞. 順番。
           It's your turn.
           君の番だよ。
     10. 名詞. 性質。



Translations for turn and their definitions

回る
     1. v. (ja-vp, 回す, 回る, まわす, まわる)
     2. v. to turn; to revolve; to spin
           ぐるぐる回る - to spin round and round
     3. v. to circulate
     4. v. to go around
     5. v. to return
     6. v. to prevail
     7. v. (of a camera) to roll
           カメラが回っている。 - The cameras are rolling.
     8. v. to come around to (a point of view)


     1. n. one's turn (as in a game, etc.)
           次は君の番ですよ。 - It's your turn next.
     2. counter. (sports) matches
     3. suffix. (applied to numerals) -th: forms ordinal numerals
           一番 - first
           二番 - second


変える
     1. v. (ja-vp, 変える, 変わる)
     2. v. to change, to make different
           (ja-x, 境%界は変えられる。, きょう%かい は かえられる。, Borders are changeable.)
           (ja-x, 水は高%温によって蒸%気に変えられる。, みず は こう%おん に よって じょう%き に かえられる。, Water is changed into vapor by high temperature.)
     3. v. to move or shift to a different time or place
           場所を変える - move somewhere else


曲がる
     1. v. (ja-vp, 曲げる, 曲がる)
     2. v. to bend, to curve, to warp, to wind, to twist
     3. v. to turn
     4. v. to be awry, to be askew, to be crooked


回転
     1. n. rotation
     2. n. revolution
     3. v. to rotate, spin
     4. v. to revolve


変わる
     1. v. (ja-vp, 変える, 変わる)
     2. v. to change; to become different; to turn into; to become (something else)



工数
     1. n. production costs, often in terms of hours or number of workers required


反逆する
     1. to rebel
     2. to betray


転機
     1. n. turn, turning point, tipping point


裏返す
     1. v. to reverse something, to turn something over, to flip something over
     2. v. to turn something inside out
     3. v. to view or consider something from a completely different perspective




腐る
     1. v. rot
     2. v. spoil
     3. v. corrode
     4. v. be corrupt, degenerate
     5. v. be dejected




転落
     1. n. a fall, falling down
     2. n. a slide down to a lower rank
     3. n. a personal decline, a descent into personal destruction
     4. v. tumble, fall down
     5. v. slide down in a ranking
     6. v. descend into personal decline


翻す
     1. v. to turn over; to flip over
     2. v. to fly (a flag)
     3. v. to change attitude, speech, etc., quickly


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