変化

See also: 變化 and 变化

Japanese

Alternative spelling
變化 (kyūjitai)

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

変(へん)化(か) • (henka) ^{←へんくわ (fenkwa)^?}

change in society, climate, or condition, transformation, variety
variation
declension
(sumo) a step to one side during the tachiai, the initial charge at the start of a sumo match; a sidestep

変(へん)化(か)球(きゅう) (henkakyū): (baseball) ball with a change of speed
変(へん)化(か)形(けい) (henkakei): variation
格変(かくへん)化(か) (kakuhenka): (linguistics) declension; change of case
大変(だいへん)化(か) (daihenka): major change
音変(おとぺん)化(か) (otopenka): change in sound
相変(そうへん)化型光(かがたひかり)ディスク (sōhenka-gata hikari-disuku): (computing) phase change optical disk
緯度(いど)変(へん)化(か) (ido henka): latitude variation
化(か)学変(がくへん)化(か) (kagaku henka): chemical change
可(か)逆変(ぎゃくへん)化(か) (kagyaku henka): reversible change
環境(かんきょう)変(へん)化(か) (kankyō henka): environmental change
経年(けいねん)変(へん)化(か) (keinen henka): change over the years
構造変(こうぞうへん)化(か) (kōzō henka): structural change
語(ご)形変(けいへん)化(か) (gokei henka): (linguistics) inflection of words
語尾(ごび)変(へん)化(か) (gobi henka): inflection
弱(じゃく)変(へん)化(か) (jakuhenka): weak declension
強(きょう)変(へん)化(か) (kyōhenka): strong declension
混合変(こんごうへん)化(か) (kongōhenka): mixed declension
状(じょう)態変(たいへん)化(か) (jōtai henka): (computing) state change
非(ひ)ゼロ復帰(ふっき)変(へん)化(か)記(き)録(ろく) (hi-zero fukki henka kiroku): non-return-to-zero recording

変(へん)化(か)する • (henka suru) suru (stem 変(へん)化(か)し (henka shi), past 変(へん)化(か)した (henka shita))

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 of "変化する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	変化し	へんかし	henka shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	変化し	へんかし	henka shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	変化する	へんかする	henka suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	変化する	へんかする	henka suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	変化すれ	へんかすれ	henka sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	変化せよ¹ 変化しろ²	へんかせよ¹ へんかしろ²	henka seyo¹ henka shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	変化される	へんかされる	henka sareru
Causative	変化させる変化さす	へんかさせるへんかさす	henka saseru henka sasu
Potential	変化できる	へんかできる	henka dekiru
Volitional	変化しよう	へんかしよう	henka shiyō
Negative	変化しない	へんかしない	henka shinai
Negative continuative	変化せず	へんかせず	henka sezu
Formal	変化します	へんかします	henka shimasu
Perfective	変化した	へんかした	henka shita
Conjunctive	変化して	へんかして	henka shite
Hypothetical conditional	変化すれば	へんかすれば	henka sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Alternative spelling
變化 (kyūjitai)

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

変(へん)化(げ) • (henge)

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN