JLPT N1 · Verb

転じる (tenjiru)

転じる (てんじる, tenjiru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to turn; to shift”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
てんじる
Romaji
tenjiru
Word class
Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to turn; to shift; to switch; to change; to alter · ichidan verb, transitive, intransitive

Example sentences

災いを転じて福としなさい。
Turn your misfortune to account.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 転じる

Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary転じるてんじる tenjiru
Polite (~masu)転じますてんじます tenjimasu
Negative転じないてんじない tenjinai
Polite negative転じませんてんじません tenjimasen
Past転じたてんじた tenjita
Polite past転じましたてんじました tenjimashita
Negative past転じなかったてんじなかった tenjinakatta
Te-form転じててんじて tenjite
Potential転じられるてんじられる tenjirareru
Passive転じられるてんじられる tenjirareru
Causative転じさせるてんじさせる tenjisaseru
Volitional転じようてんじよう tenjiyou
Imperative転じろてんじろ tenjiro
Conditional (~ba)転じればてんじれば tenjireba

Kanji in 転じる

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 転じる.

Source: JMdict entry 1441040 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.