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とんぼ返り, 蜻蛉返り, トンボ返り, とんぼがえり, トンボがえり

  • tonbogaeri,tonbogaeri

Definition

noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru

  • somersault

Definition

  • returning from a destination right after arriving there
  • non-stop round trip
  • round trip without an overnight stop

Definition

  • abrupt change of direction

Examples of とんぼ返り,蜻蛉返り,トンボ返り,とんぼがえり,トンボがえり in a Sentence

仙台へ行ってとんぼ返りで戻ってきました。
I went to Sendai and back without resting.
彼はトンボ返りをした。
He turned a somersault.

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