廻天

Japanese

Kanji in this term
廻	天
かい Jinmeiyō	てん Grade: 1
on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 廻天 – see the following entry.

【回天かいてん】 [noun] (figuratively) changing the worsening situation for the better; turning the tide [verb] (figuratively) to change the worsening situation for the better; to turn the tide [proper noun] (weaponry) Kaiten, crewed torpedoes and suicide craft used by the Imperial Japanese Navy in the final stages of World War II

(This term, 廻天, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)