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逆転 (gyakuten)

(sudden) change, reversal, turn-around, coming from behind (baseball)

  • JLPT N1

Meaning

逆転 (ぎゃくてん, gyakuten) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “(sudden) change, reversal, turn-around, coming from behind (baseball)”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 7

あの試合は奇跡とでも言うべき逆転だった。

That game was a comeback that could best be described as a miracle.

機能逆転時にはスタックを上方向にずらす。

When inverted, it rolls the stack upward.

結果、京都2-3札幌とまたも逆転され敗戦。

As a result, Sanga got turned around and the lost the game yet again by the score Kyoto 2-3 Sapporo.

先制するも、(京都1-4横浜)逆転され敗戦。

Sanga scored an opening goal, but then got turned around and lost the game in the end (Kyoto 1-4 Yokohama).

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