Illustration: At a Japanese community athletics meet, an official takes a trophy back from a startled runner and extends it toward the runner standing beside him. Another official holds up a finish-line photograph that clearly shows the second runner's chest crossing first.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

覆くつがえす

kutsugaesu

to reverse, to overturn

Example sentences

  1. 最高裁さいこうさいは原判決げんはんけつをくつがえしました。

    The Supreme Court overturned a previous decision.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 彼女かのじょはまた決心けっしんを覆くつがえし、そのことは私わたしたちみんなを怒おこらせた。

    She changed her mind again, which made us all angry.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 閣議決定かくぎけっていが工作こうさくにより覆くつがえされたのである。

    Maneuvering reversed the cabinet approval.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

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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