Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 転


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Meaning

roll, turn, tumble

Pronunciation

TEN
korogeru

Explanation

Left: vehicle (A hand-cart seen from above with axle , loading area and two wheels ), right: fog (cf. cloud )

Mnemonic

With a vehicle in the fog you only can roll, or you will tumble.

Radicals

vehicle(A hand-cart viewed from top: axle , loading area , two wheels . )
fog( has the meaning "fog" only in Chinese. This original meaning is still visible in: cloud . In Japanese it has the meaning to say/speak. For "fog" itself the character: 霧 (MU, kiri) is used.)
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Vocabulary

転がす ころがす to roll
転がる ころがる to roll, to tumble
自転車 じてんしゃ bicycle
運転手 うんてんしゅ driver/chauffeur
転ぶ ころぶ to fall down, to fall over
運転 うんてん operation/motion/driving
逆転 ぎゃくてん (sudden) change, reversal, turn-around
転落 てんらく fall/degradation/slump/spill
転校 てんこう change schools


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