Illustration: In a compact Japanese apartment, a resident converts the living room sofa into a guest bed. The seat has been pulled outward on its built-in frame, and the backrest is being lowered to complete a flat sleeping surface.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

転てん換かん

tenkan

to switch, to convert

Example sentences

  1. 転換てんかん療法りょうほうは拷問ごうもんです。

    Conversion therapy is torture.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 気分きぶん転換てんかんに散歩さんぽしよう。

    Let’s take a walk for a change.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 工場こうじょうは石炭せきたんから、より清潔せいけつな燃料ねんりょうへの転換てんかんを強つよく要求ようきゅうされている。

    Factories have been urged to switch from coal to a cleaner fuel.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 転換

  • 転revolve; turn aroundOnテンKunころがる・ころげる・ころがす
  • 換interchange; periodOnカンKunかえる・かわる

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