- とんぼがえり
- 蜻蛉返り
somersault
returning from a destination right after arriving there* * *とんぼがえり【蜻蛉返り】1 〔宙返り〕 a somersault [somerset] (in the air); (飛行機の) a loop; looping the loop. <▲> 英語の somersault は forward, backward の両方に使える.~する turn [make, do] a somersault; somersault; somerset; turn (head over) heels; 〔飛行機が〕 loop the loop; perform a looping feat.●とんぼ返りして head over heels; heels over head.
2 〔行ってすぐ帰ること〕 go and come back without resting.~する make a round-trip without stopping for a rest.●大阪へ行ってとんぼ返りで戻ってくる go to Osaka and come back without a rest.
●今回はとんぼ返りだったが次回はゆっくり観光したい. This time I came back without staying overnight, but next time I want to do some leisurely sightseeing.
とんぼ返り運転 driving 《a truck》 over a long distance and returning without a rest at one's destination.とんぼ返りターン 【競泳】 (a) somersault turn.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.