A complete change of heart and a fresh start. Exactly what people mean by 'new beginning'.

What a Japanese person actually thinks
Optimistic and everyday. It's what you say to someone starting again, so it reads as hopeful rather than dramatic.

Meaning

Literally: mind + turning + one + revolution
Actually: Deciding to start over with a completely different frame of mind. Used when someone changes jobs, moves city, or gets out of a bad stretch.

Scores

Naturalness●●●●●

Very common idiom.

Coolness●●●●●

Four characters, clean, and it means the thing most 'rebirth' tattoos are reaching for — without the phoenix.

Watch out

Nothing embarrassing lurking in here.

On skin

心機一転

Orientation: vertical

Mincho, vertical.