転じる (てんじる): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

転じる (てんじる) means to turn / to shift / to change focus.

See example sentences below.

転じる at a glance

転じる

てんじるtenjiru

N1verb

to turn / to shift / to change focus

転じるてんじるtenjiruN1Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning

to turn / to shift / to change focus

Example 1

話題が別の話に転じた。

Translation

The topic shifted to something else.

Example 2

彼の感情は怒りから悲しみに転じた。

Translation

His feelings turned from anger to sadness.