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変化

変化

See also: 變化 and 变化

Japanese

Noun

変化 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 變化, hiragana へんか, romaji henka, historical hiragana へんくわ)

  1. change in society, climate, or condition, transformation, variety
  2. variation
  3. declension
Derived terms
  • 変化球 (henkakyū): (baseball) ball with a change of speed
  • 変化形 (henkakei): variation
  • 格変化 (kakuhenka): (linguistics) declension; change of case
  • 大変化 (daihenka): major change
  • 音変化 (onpenka): change in sound
  • 相変化型光ディスク (sōhenka-gatahikeri-disuku): (computing) phase change optical disk
  • 緯度変化 (ido henka): latitude variation
  • 化学変化 (kagaku henka): chemical change
  • 可逆変化 (kagyaku henka): reversible change
  • 環境変化 (kankyō henka): environmental change
  • 経年変化 (keinen henka): change over the years
  • 構造変化 (kōzō henka): structural change
  • 語形変化 (gokei henka): (linguistics) inflection of words
  • 語尾変化 (gobi henka): inflection
  • 状態変化 (jōtai henka): (computing) state change
  • 非ゼロ復帰変化記録 (hizero-fukki-henka-kiroku): non-return-to-zero recording

Verb

変化する ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 變化, hiragana へんかする, romaji henka suru)

  1. to change, to vary
    気候 (きこう)が変化 (へんか)した。
    Kikō ga henkashita.
    The climate has changed.
Conjugation
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
変 化
へん
Grade: 4 		け > げ
Grade: 3
on'yomi

変 ‎(hen, “abnormal”) +‎ 化 ‎(ke, “change oneself into”)

Pronunciation

Noun

変化 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 變化, hiragana へんげ, romaji henge)

  1. goblin, ghost; an apparition
Derived terms

References

  1. 1 2 3 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  2. 1 2 3 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Etymology

Kanji in this term
変 化
へん
Grade: 4 		か
Grade: 3
on'yomi

変 ‎(hen, “to change”) +‎ 化 ‎(ka, “to change into”)

Pronunciation

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