廻天

Japanese

Kanji in this term
廻 天
かい
Jinmeiyō 		てん
Grade: 1
on'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 廻天 – see the following entry.
【回天かいてん】
[noun] (figuratively) changing the worsening situation for the better; turning the tide
[verb] (figuratively) to change the worsening situation for the better; to turn the tide
[proper noun] (weaponry) Kaiten, crewed torpedoes and suicide craft used by the Imperial Japanese Navy in the final stages of World War II
(This term, 廻天, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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