機転

Japanese

Kanji in this term
機	転
き Grade: 4	てん Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative spellings
機轉 (kyūjitai) 気転

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) きてん [kìtéń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [kʲi̥tẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

機(き)転(てん) • (kiten)

wit, tact

Derived terms

機転(きてん)が利(き)く (kiten ga kiku)
機転(きてん)を利(き)かす (kiten o kikasu)
機転(きてん)を利(き)かせる (kiten o kikaseru)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN