コウテン – Vocabulary details

コウテン

Meanings

Noun

Verb (する)

1. changing for the better

Alt. forms

好こう転てん

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コウテン

Pitch accent

コ

ウテン

Conjugations...

Composed of

コウ

good

テン

change in pronunciation or meaning of a word; sound change; word with an altered pronunciation or meaning; turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)

Used in vocabulary (2 in total)

コウテンハンノウ

healing crisis; cleansing reaction; reaction during the elimination of toxins after antibiotic, etc. treatment

ウンキコウテン

turn (stroke) of good fortune; one's fortune turning for the better

Examples (4 in total)

その状じょう況きょうはきっとこうてんするだろう。

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

彼かれの病びょう状じょうはまもなくこうてんするだろう。

His condition will soon change for the better.

女じょ性せいの立たち場ばは多た年ねんにわたって確かく実じつにこうてんしている。

The position of women, over the years, has definitely changed for the better.