こうてつ

更 迭

Common word

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

    change (of personnel), reshuffle (e.g. of a cabinet), shake-up, dismissal (e.g. of a minister), replacement

    • 田中前外相の更迭に続く政治混乱がその象徴である。
      The dismissal of foreign minister Tanaka is symbolic of the continuing political turmoil.