更迭

Reading

Kana: こうてつ

Romaji: koutetsu

Definition

noun

vs

1

change; shake-up; reshuffle (e.g. of a cabinet); dismissal (e.g. of a minister); exchanging places

Kanji

更

Readings: コウ、 さら、 さら.に、 ふ.ける、 ふ.かす

Meanings: grow late, night watch, sit up late, of course, renew, renovate, again, more and more, further

迭

Reading: テツ

Meanings: transfer, alternation

Example Sentence

田中(たなか)前(ぜん)外相(がいしょう)の更迭(こうてつ)に続(つづ)く政治(せいじ)混乱(こんらん)がその象徴(しょうちょう)である。

➥The dismissal of foreign minister Tanaka is symbolic of the continuing political turmoil.