転機

転機

Japanese

Kanji in this term
転	機
てん Grade: 3	き Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) て​んき [téꜜǹkì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ŋʲkʲi]

Noun

転機 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 轉機, hiragana てんき, rōmaji tenki)

1. turn, turning point, tipping point
   • 2011, Barack Obama, 中東と北アフリカに関するバラク・オバマの演説, translation of "Remarks by the President on the Middle East and North Africa" by User:Lombroso:

     大多数 (だいたす)の者 (もの)にとっての転 (てん)機 (き)は、食卓 (しょくたく)に食事 (しょくじ)を並 (なら)べ家族 (かぞく)に提 (てい)供 (きょう)できるのかという絶 (た)えざる不 (ふ)安 (あん)である。

     Daitasuno mono ni totte no tenki wa, shokutaku ni shokuji o narabe kazoku ni teikyō dekiru no ka to iu taezaru fuan de aru.

     The tipping point for so many people is the more constant concern of putting food on the table and providing for a family.

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN