Results, 掌を返す

手のひらを返す・手の平を返す【てのひらをかえすtenohirawokaesu】掌を返す【てのひらをかえすtenohirawokaesu・たなごころをかえすtanagokorowokaesu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to change one's attitude quickly - idiom
  • to flip over one's hand - たなごころをかえす is often used figuratively as an example of something easy

Kanji definition:

掌
常用中学校JLPTN1

ショウSHOU・てのひらtenohira・たなごころtanagokoro

manipulate; rule; administer; conduct; palm of hand

Strokes:
12
Radical:
手扌龵 hand
SKIP:
2-3-9
UTF:
638c
JIS208:
30-24
Hangul:
장 [jang]
Pinyin:
zhǎng
Stroke order:
Example words:
車掌【しゃしょうshashou】
(train) conductor
掌【てのひらtenohira】
palm (of one's hand)
掌握【しょうあくshouaku】
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
掌中【しょうちゅうshouchuu】
in the hand; (something) easily manipulated
合掌【がっしょうgasshou】
pressing one's hands together in prayer; / triangular frame of a thatched roof; / Yours sincerely; Yours truly; Sincerely yours
返
常用３年JLPTN3

ヘンHEN・かえすkae.su・~かえす kae.su・かえるkae.ru・~かえる kae.ru

return; answer; fade; repay

Strokes:
7 or 6
Radical:
⻌辵辶 walk
SKIP:
3-3-4
UTF:
8fd4
JIS208:
42-54
Hangul:
반 [ban]
Pinyin:
fǎn
Stroke order:
Example words:
返還【へんかんhenkan】
return; restoration
返済【へんさいhensai】
repayment; reimbursement; refund; redemption
返事【へんじhenji】
reply; answer; response
繰り返し【くりかえしkurikaeshi】
repetition; repeat; reiteration; iteration; refrain; cycle; / repeatedly
繰り返す【くりかえすkurikaesu】
to repeat; to do something over again

Kanji

掌

ショウSHOU・てのひらtenohira・たなごころtanagokoro

manipulate; rule; administer; conduct; palm of hand

返

ヘンHEN・かえすkae.su・~かえす kae.su・かえるkae.ru・~かえる kae.ru

return; answer; fade; repay


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