Illustration: At a riverside weekend market, rain has just stopped around a small grilled-corn stall. Water still drips from the awning, puddles cover the path, and several untouched ears of corn remain on the rack.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

好こう転てん

kouten

to change for the better

Example sentences

  1. 人生じんせいが好転こうてんしました。

    My life has changed for the better.

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  2. その状況じょうきょうはきっと好転こうてんするだろう。

    I am sure the situation will take a turn for the better.

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  3. 彼かれの病状びょうじょうは好転こうてんした。

    His condition changed for the better.

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Kanji in 好転

  • 好fond; pleasingOnコウKunこのむ・すく・よい
  • 転revolve; turn aroundOnテンKunころがる・ころげる・ころがす

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