This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

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顛末

顚末
てんまつ
circumstance; facts; details
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山巓

山顛
さんてん
mountaintop; summit
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大不列顛

大不列顚
グレートブリテン
Great Britain
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動転

動顛
どうてん
being upset; being surprised and stunned; transition; changing; moving
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転落

顛落
てんらく
fall; tumble; spill; plunge; dive; degradation; comedown; demotion; slump
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転覆

顛覆、転ぷく
てんぷく
capsizing; overturn; turning over; upset; overthrow (e.g. a government)
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七転び八起き

七転八起、七顛八起
ななころびやおき、しちてんはっき
the vicissitudes of life; ups and downs in life; always rising after a fall or repeated failures
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転倒

顛倒
てんとう
falling down; tumbling; overturning; turning over; reversing; inverting; inversion; getting upset
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造次顛沛

ぞうじてんぱい
(a) moment
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主客転倒

主客顛倒
しゅかくてんとう、しゅきゃくてんとう
reversing the order of (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; the tables being turned; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; mistaking the means for the end