変化

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Etymology 1

From  (hen, change) +  (ka, change into)

Noun

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

  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 變化, irregular conjugation, hiragana へんかする, romaji henka suru)変化する 変化 suru

  1. to change, to vary
    気候変化し
    きこうがへんかした。
    kikō ga henka shita.
    The climate has changed.
Conjugation
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From  (hen, abnormal) +  (ke, change oneself into)

Noun

変化 (hiragana へんげ, romaji henge)

  1. goblin, ghost; an apparition
Derived terms
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