転覆

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 転覆 is read as てんぷく and is a noun and する verb for a vessel capsizing or for a regime or system being overthrown.
• Basic usage: A boat capsizing in strong waves appears in 船が転覆する, while plotting a government overthrow appears in 政権の転覆を企てる.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Physical and political contexts
  • The accompanying noun distinguishes a vessel turning over from an attempt to bring down a regime.
• Difference from 転倒
  • Unlike the broad word for a person or object falling over, this term readily describes a vessel capsizing or a regime being overthrown.