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転倒 てんとう

  1. fall; falling down; toppling (over); tumbling
  2. inversion; reversal; turning upside-down
  3. getting upset; losing one's presence of mind

転倒注意 てんとうちゅうい

  1. slippery floor; watch your step

主客転倒 しゅかくてんとう

  1. mistaking the insignificant for the essential; mistaking the means for the end; putting the cart before the horse; reversing the order of (relative) importance (of); the tables being turned

本末転倒 ほんまつてんとう

  1. getting one's priorities backwards; mistaking the means for the end; putting the cart before the horse

気が転倒する きがてんとうする

  1. to be bewildered; to be flustered; to be thrown off balance; to get upset; to lose one's head; to lose one's presence of mind

冠履転倒 かんりてんとう

  1. chaos; disorder; inversion
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