The Japanese word for to turn is
曲がる
まがる - magaru
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)裏返す。 | |
| 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
| 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 |
| 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) |
| 番 | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 腐る | |
| 1. v. rot | |
| 2. v. spoil | |
| 3. v. corrode | |
| 4. v. be corrupt, degenerate | |
| 5. v. be dejected |
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