Illustration: After a neighborhood footrace, an official checks a clear finish-line photograph on a tablet while correcting the award presentation. A runner already wearing a victory sash stands astonished as the small trophy is taken from their outstretched hands and offered to the runner beside them.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

覆くつがえる

kutsugaeru

to be reversed, to be overturned

Example sentences

審判しんぱんの判定はんていは覆くつがえらない。
The judge’s decision is final.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
これによりルール解釈かいしゃくが覆くつがえることとなった。
This meant that the interpretation of the rules was reversed.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
話はなし合あいの結果けっか、昨日きのうの決定けっていが覆くつがえった。
After the discussion, yesterday’s decision was reversed.
Written by AI for Bebop

Kanji in 覆

覆capsize; coverOnフクKunおおう・くつがえす・くつがえる

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