転ずる

てんずる · tenzuru · JLPT N1 · noun

bend

🛞 転 (turn, roll) + ずる (verb ending, to become) = to turn, to shift

転 is the kanji for turning or rolling, as in 回転 (rotation). The ending ずる marks a verb of changing state, so the whole word means shifting from one state or direction to another.

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