翻す

• 読み: ひるがえす
• ローマ字: hirugaesu
• 漢字の分解: 翻 (hon/hirugae) — flutter, reverse, recant
• 発音: /hi.ɾɯ.ɡa.e.sɯ/

意味

To reverse; to overturn; to recant; to wave or flutter. Has both physical and figurative meanings.

A Group 1 (godan) verb with two main clusters. Physically, describes a flag or garment fluttering and reversing in the wind. Figuratively — and more importantly at N1 level — describes reversing or retracting a previously firm position: 証言を翻す (to recant testimony), 判決を翻す (to overturn a ruling), 決意を翻す (to reverse one's decision). The figurative use implies a dramatic, often surprising reversal.

例文

1. 証人は裁判直前に証言を翻し、弁護側を有利にした。
2. 強風に旗がひらひらと翻っていた。
3. 長年の信念を翻すことは容易ではなかったが、新たな証拠が彼を変えた。

使い方ガイド

場面: law, politics, literature, weather

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Related to 翻る (hirugaeru, to flutter/turn over), both deriving from a root meaning reversal or turning. The kanji 翻 depicts wings in motion — capturing both the physical flutter of cloth in wind and the metaphorical reversal of a firmly held position.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Universal