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手のひらを返す手の平を返す掌を返す手のひらをかえす [sK] てのひらを返す [sK]
てのひらをかえすたなごころをかえす (掌を返す)しょうをかえす (掌を返す)
1. [exp,v5s] [id]
▶ to flip-flop
▶ to do an about-face
▶ [lit] to flip over one's hand
2. [exp,v5s] [id]
▶ to do something easy

Conjugations


History:
10. A 2024-03-11 23:37:55  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
〈掌/〈手/て/テ〉の〈平/ひら/ヒラ〉〉を〈返/反/かえ/カエ〉す

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーーーーー─┬────────┬───────╮
│ 手のひらを返す  │  8,668 │ 63.0% │
│ 掌を返す     │  2,115 │ 15.4% │
│ 手の平を返す   │  1,829 │ 13.3% │
│ 手のひらをかえす │    439 │  3.2% │ - add, sK
│ てのひらを返す  │    267 │  1.9% │ - add, sK
│ 手のひらを反す  │    117 │  0.9% │
│ 掌を反す     │    114 │  0.8% │
│ 掌をかえす    │     79 │  0.6% │
│ 手の平をかえす  │     49 │  0.4% │
│ 手の平を反す   │     38 │  0.3% │
│ てのひらをかえす │     48 │  0.3% │
├─ーーーーーーーー─┼────────┼───────┤
│ 手のひらを返し  │ 23,797 │ 66.8% │
│ 掌を返し     │  5,018 │ 14.1% │
│ 手の平を返し   │  4,851 │ 13.6% │
│ 手のひらをかえし │    817 │  2.3% │
│ てのひらを返し  │    206 │  0.6% │
│ 手のひらを反し  │    197 │  0.6% │
│ 掌を反し     │    156 │  0.4% │
│ 手の平を反し   │    141 │  0.4% │
│ 手の平をかえし  │    140 │  0.4% │
│ 掌をかえし    │    133 │  0.4% │
│ 手のヒラを返し  │     41 │  0.1% │
│ てのひらをかえし │    104 │  0.3% │
╰─ーーーーーーーー─┴────────┴───────╯
  Diff:
@@ -11,0 +12,8 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>手のひらをかえす</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>てのひらを返す</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
9. A 2020-02-04 16:34:56  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
koj also
8. A* 2020-02-04 07:14:13  dine <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
nikk: https://kotobank.jp/word/掌を返す-561865
学研国語: しょう【掌】〔文語・文章語〕てのひら。たなごころ。「掌を反す」
  Diff:
@@ -19,0 +20,4 @@
+<r_ele>
+<reb>しょうをかえす</reb>
+<re_restr>掌を返す</re_restr>
+</r_ele>
7. A 2019-07-22 03:50:49  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Looks good.
6. A* 2019-07-21 10:30:45 
  Comments:
Less messy this way, I think.
  Diff:
@@ -24 +24,3 @@
-<gloss>to change one's attitude quickly</gloss>
+<gloss>to flip-flop</gloss>
+<gloss>to do an about-face</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="lit">to flip over one's hand</gloss>
@@ -29,2 +31,2 @@
-<s_inf>たなごころをかえす is often used figuratively as an example of something easy</s_inf>
-<gloss>to flip over one's hand</gloss>
+<misc>&id;</misc>
+<gloss>to do something easy</gloss>
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