アイドリングストップ | [, aidoringusutoppu] (n) turning off a vehicle engine when stopped (wasei |
ウインカー(P);ウィンカー | [, uinka-(P); uinka-] (n) (1) Winker (automobile); (2) (car) blinker; (car) turning indicator; (P) |
キリ番;切り番 | [キリばん(キリ番);きりばん(切り番), kiri ban ( kiri ban ); kiriban ( kiri ban )] (n) good turning point number (10000, 12345 etc., often referring to web site visit counts) |
くねくね;クネクネ;ぐねぐね;グネグネ | [, kunekune ; kunekune ; gunegune ; gunegune] (adv,adv-to,vs) (on-mim) winding; meandering; wriggling; wiggling; waving; swaying; twisting and turning |
グリグリ | [, guriguri] (adv,n,vs) (1) (on-mim) grinding against; rubbing with turning movements (e.g. shoulders); (2) hard lump under the skin (e.g. an adipous tumor or lymph node tumor); (3) big and round eyes; googly eyes; (4) rattling sound |
ぐるぐる | [, guruguru] (adv,vs,adv-to) (1) (on-mim) turning round and round; going around in circles; (2) wrapped around; (P) |
ぐるっと(P);ぐるりと | [, gurutto (P); gururito] (adv) (on-mim) turning in a circle; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling; (P) |
こっくりさん | [, kokkurisan] (n) table turning (tipping, tilting); divination by planchette |
ライトダウン | [, raitodaun] (n) annual turning off of lights, etc. (wasei |
一大転機 | [いちだいてんき, ichidaitenki] (n) significant turning point |
一発逆転 | [いっぱつぎゃくてん, ippatsugyakuten] (n,vs) turning things around with a home run; turning the tables with a single successful attack (move) |
倒置 | [とうち, touchi] (n,vs,adj-no) turning upside down; placing nonessentials before essentials; (P) |
傾覆 | [けいふく, keifuku] (n,vs) turning upside down |
冷え込み | [ひえこみ, hiekomi] (n) (See 冷え込む) turning into a cooler state; cooling down |
分かれ目(P);分れ目;別れ目 | [わかれめ, wakareme] (n) (1) fork; junction; parting of the ways; (2) turning point; (P) |
分かれ道;別れ路;別れ道;分れ道;わかれ道 | [わかれみち, wakaremichi] (n) branch; forked road; crossroads; branch road; parting of the ways; turning point |
回天;廻天 | [かいてん, kaiten] (n) (1) changing the world; turning the tide; (2) torpedo modified as a suicide weapon (used in WWII) |
寝相がいい;寝相が好い | [ねぞうがいい, nezougaii] (exp) (See 寝相が悪い) to sleep without turning over |
寝返り(P);寝がえり | [ねがえり, negaeri] (n,vs) (1) (See 寝返りを打つ) turning over while sleeping in bed; (2) betrayal; double-crossing; (P) |
山場 | [やまば, yamaba] (n) climax; turning point |
引き渡し(P);引渡し | [ひきわたし, hikiwatashi] (n) delivery; handing over; turning over; extradition; (P) |
後ろ向き(P);後向き | [うしろむき, ushiromuki] (n) (See 前向き) back facing; turning one's back to; pessimistic; (P) |
急転悪化 | [きゅうてんあっか, kyuuten'akka] (n,vs) suddenly turning for the worse; sudden deterioration |
押し回し | [おしまわし, oshimawashi] (n) depressing something and turning it while still depressed (i.e. gas stopper, spark plug) |
改過自新 | [かいかじしん, kaikajishin] (n) changing one's attitude or conduct and making a new start; turning over a new leaf |
曲がり目;曲り目 | [まがりめ, magarime] (n) corner; turn; bend in the road; curve; turning point |
曲がり角(P);曲がりかど(P);曲り角 | [まがりかど, magarikado] (n) (1) street corner; road turn; bend in the road; (2) turning point; watershed; (P) |
横向き | [よこむき, yokomuki] (n) turning sideways; landscape orientation |
横転 | [おうてん, outen] (n,vs) turning sideways; barrel roll; (P) |
消化 | [しょうか, shouka] (n,vs,adj-no) (1) digestion; (2) thorough understanding; (3) selling accumulated (excess) products; dealing with a large amount of work; (4) losing one's form and turning into something else; (P) |
煙突(P);烟突 | [えんとつ, entotsu] (n) (1) chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); stovepipe; (2) (sl) carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter; (P) |
田楽返し | [でんがくがえし, dengakugaeshi] (n) (1) (arch) (See 田楽豆腐) device with axle used to change the backdrop of a (kabuki) play; (2) turning something in the manner one would use to cook dengaku-doufu on both sides |
神経衰弱 | [しんけいすいじゃく, shinkeisuijaku] (n) (1) neurasthenia; nervous breakdown; (2) concentration (card game involving turning over face-down cards to find identical pairs) |
節目(P);フシ目 | [ふしめ(節目)(P);フシめ(フシ目), fushime ( fushime )(P); fushi me ( fushi me )] (n) (1) turning point; critical juncture; (2) (節目 only) knot (in a tree, etc.); (P) |
節目節目 | [ふしめふしめ, fushimefushime] (exp) each juncture; each turning point |
紅葉(P);黄葉 | [こうよう(P);もみじ(P), kouyou (P); momiji (P)] (n,vs) (1) autumn colours; fall colors; leaves changing color (colour); (2) (紅葉, こうよう only) leaves turning red; red leaves; (3) (黄葉, こうよう only) leaves turning yellow; yellow leaves; (n) (4) (もみじ only) (See 以呂波紅葉) (Japanese) maple (Acer japonicum); (5) (もみじ only) (col) venison; (P) |
縦旋盤 | [たてせんばん, tatesenban] (n) vertical turning lathe; VTL |
翻倒 | [ほんとう, hontou] (n,vs) (obsc) turning upside-down |
見て見ぬ振り;見て見ぬふり | [みてみぬふり, miteminufuri] (exp) pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand |
詰め開き;詰開き | [つめひらき;つめびらき, tsumehiraki ; tsumebiraki] (n,adj-no) (1) bargaining; negotiation; (2) turning one's body to the left or right and standing (when leaving the presence of nobility, etc.); (3) sailing close-hauled; sailing on a close reach |