See also: 變更 and 变更

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
へん
Grade: 4
こう
Grade: S
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
變更 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(へん)(こう) (henkō

  1. a change, alteration

Verb edit

(へん)(こう)する (henkō surusuru (stem (へん)(こう) (henkō shi), past (へん)(こう)した (henkō shita))

  1. to modify, alter, change
    • 1918, 和辻哲郎, 院展遠望:
      ここに画家(がか)態度(たいど)変更(へんこう)する必要(ひつよう)(しめ)されているのである。
      Koko ni gaka no taido o henkō suru hitsuyō ga shimesarete iru no de aru.
      This shows the need for the attitude of the artist to change.

Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.