- でんぐり返る
- でんぐりがえる
to turn a somersault
to turn over (topsy-turvy)
to turn head over heels* * *でんぐりがえる【でんぐり返る】do a forward somersault; turn [go] head over heels; 〔ひっくり返る〕 turn over.●家の中はでんぐり返るような騒ぎだった. The whole house was in utter confusion.
・それを聞いて心臓がでんぐり返るほど驚いた. When I heard that, my heart did a somersault.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.