変化

See also: 變化 and 变化

Japanese

Etymology 1

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

Alternative spelling
變化 (kyūjitai)

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

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) へ​んか [héꜜǹkà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [hẽ̞ŋka̠]

Noun

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

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

Synonyms

• 変更(へんこう) (henkō): change

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 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

Verb

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))

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

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

Etymology 2

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

Alternative spelling
變化 (kyūjitai)

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

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) へ​んげ [héꜜǹgè] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) へんげ [hèńgé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [hẽ̞ŋɡe̞]

Noun

変(へん)化(げ) • (henge) 

1. goblin, ghost; an apparition
2. instantaneous transformation (eg. from a human into a monster)

Derived terms

• 七変化(しちへんげ) (shichi henge): a lantana (a kind of flower)
• 妖怪変化(ようかいへんげ) (yōkai henge): a "monstrous apparition"