変ずる

Japanese

Kanji in this term
変
へん Grade: 4
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
變ずる (kyūjitai)

Etymology

変 (“to change”) +‎ する (“to do”, originally only 連体形 (rentaikei, “attributive”), as opposed to す which is 終止形 (shūshikei, “final”)). The suru reading for する changes to zuru as an instance of rendaku (連濁). In Classical Japanese, it was 変ず (fenzu). Superseded, especially in Tokyo Japanese, by 変じる (henjiru) which derives from 連用形 (ren'yōkei) of す(る) (su(ru)).

fen + su → fenzu → henzuru → henjiru

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) へんずる [hèńzúrú] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) へんず​る [hèńzúꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [hẽ̞nd͡zɨᵝɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

変(へん)ずる • (henzuru) suru (stem 変(へん)じ (henji), past 変(へん)じた (henjita))

1. Alternative form of 変じる (henjiru, “to change; to turn”)

   狼(おおかみ)に変(へん)ずる

   ōkami ni henzuru

   to turn into a wolf

Conjugation

Conjugation of "変ずる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	変じ 変ぜ	へんじ へんぜ	henji henze
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	変じ	へんじ	henji
Shūshikei ("terminal")	変ずる	へんずる	henzuru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	変ずる	へんずる	henzuru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	変ずれ	へんずれ	henzure
Meireikei ("imperative")	変ぜよ¹ 変じろ²	へんぜよ¹ へんじろ²	henzeyo¹ henjiro²
Key constructions
Passive	変じられる 変ぜられる	へんじられる へんぜられる	henjirareru henzerareru
Causative	変じさせる 変じさす	へんじさせる へんじさす	henjisaseru henjisasu
Potential	変じられる 変ぜられる	へんじられる へんぜられる	henjirareru henzerareru
Volitional	変じよう	へんじよう	henjiyō
Negative	変じない	へんじない	henjinai
Negative continuative	変ぜず	へんぜず	henzezu
Formal	変じます	へんじます	henjimasu
Perfective	変じた	へんじた	henjita
Conjunctive	変じて	へんじて	henjite
Hypothetical conditional	変ずれば	へんずれば	henzureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative