Keyword
overturn
- capsize
- cover
- shade
- mantle
- be ruined
- Frequency
- #1378
- Strokes
- 18
- Grade
- 8
- JLPT (old)
- N1
- Heisig
- 1738
Readings
くつがえ50%
フク25%
おお25%
Mnemonic
A helicopter returns to normal flight after a storm tried to flip it, and the pilot grins at the wind that failed to overturn it.
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Composed of
Used in vocabulary
覆す
to overturn; to capsize; to upset; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.); to overrule
Godan verb
覆る
to topple over; to be overturned; to capsize; to be overruled; to be reversed; to be discredited
Godan verb
反覆
changing one's mind (and betraying someone); turning traitor (to); betraying; double-crossing; having a change of heart; reversing; turning around; flipping; turning upside down; repetition; …
Noun