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転じる

てんじる

to turn; to shift; to change direction; to divert

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Examples

  1. 災いを転じて福としなさい。

    わざわいをてんじてふくとしなさい。

    Turn your misfortune to good account.

  2. 話題を転じて、次の議題に移りましょう。

    わだいをてんじて、つぎのぎだいにうつりましょう。

    Let's change the subject and move on to the next item.

  3. 議論は次第に政治の話へと転じていった。

    ぎろんはしだいにせいじのはなしへとてんじていった。

    The discussion gradually turned to politics.

Common patterns

話題を転じる
to change the subject
災いを転じて福となす
to turn misfortune into a blessing
目を転じる
to turn one's eyes (to something else)

Memory tip

転じる is the written-style twin of 転ずる, and both are stiffer than 変える or 移る — you meet them in essays, speeches and set phrases. It works both transitively (目を転じる) and intransitively (話が転じる).

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