更迭

こうてつ

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

Common word Also written 交迭

Meanings

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive, Intransitive
change (of personnel); reshuffle (e.g. of a cabinet); shake-up; dismissal (e.g. of a minister); replacement

Example sentences

田中前ぜん外相がいしょうの更迭こうてつに続つづく政治せいじ混乱こんらんがその象徴しょうちょうである。

The dismissal of foreign minister Tanaka is symbolic of the continuing political turmoil.