手のひらを返す
てのひらをかえす
Also written as:
- 手の平を返す
- 掌を返す (たなごころをかえす, てのひらをかえす)
Meanings
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Expression / Verb
Godan verb (su)-
to change one's attitude quickly.
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to flip over one's hand.
たなごころをかえす is often used figuratively as an example of something easy
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Word informations
- Common word: no
- JLPT Level: None
Action
+ Add to listConjugation
| Type | Godan verb (su) |
| Neg. neutral | 手のひらを返さない |
| Positive polite | 手のひらを返します |
| Potential | 手のひらを返せる |
| Presumptive | 手のひらを返そう |
| Past | 手のひらを返した |
| -te form | 手のひらを返して |
Conjugation of 手のひらを返す (てのひらをかえす)
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- Godan verb with `su' ending
- Stem
- 手のひらを返
- Infinitive
- 手のひらを返し
- -te form
- 手のひらを返して
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