転じるてんじる

tenjiru

to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract

Example sentences

  1. 彼は会社をくびになったんだけど、わざわい転じて福となすで、見事独立したから偉いよ。

    His old company gave him the shaft. But I admire the way he turned bad luck into good and did even better with his own business.

  2. 災い転じて福となる。

    Good comes out of evil.

  3. 災い転じて福となせ。

    Make the best of a bad bargain.

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