変じる|へんじるhenjiru[0]heiban (flat)

1. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto change into; to be transformed; to be transfigured; to transform; to alter; to convert

• Synonym化するかするWrittenWritten and formal; focuses on turning into a different state, as in 「廃墟と化する」. More common than 「変じる」.
• Synonym化すかすWrittenWritten and formal; an independent godan verb close in meaning to 「化する」, used for turning into a state.
• Synonym転ずるてんずるWrittenWritten and formal; stresses a shift of direction or state, or turning attention elsewhere — more directional than 「変じる」.
• Synonym転じるてんじるNeutralNeutral; stresses turning the course of things or switching careers, as in 「攻勢に転じる」 — more directional than 「変じる」.
• Synonym化けるばけるCasualColloquial; focuses on spirits or foxes taking other forms, or disguising oneself — carries a fantastical flavor 「変じる」 lacks.
• SynonymなるNeutralNeutral; the everyday workhorse for becoming, covering arrival at any state — by far the broadest of these words.
• Synonym変わるかわるNeutralNeutral intransitive verb; the everyday word for things changing — far more colloquial than 「変じる」.
• Synonym変ずるへんずるWrittenSame meaning and usage as 「変じる」, but the older 「ずる」 form; its flavor is more archaic and it appears mostly in written prose.
• Related改まるあらたまるWrittenWritten and formal; focuses on being renewed or corrected for the better, or on turning formal and ceremonious.
• Related改めるあらためるNeutralNeutral; focuses on actively revising or correcting something to make it better.
• Related変遷へんせんWrittenWritten noun; focuses on change unfolding over time — a process word, unlike the verb 「変じる」.
• Related変容へんようWrittenWritten; stresses a change in the overall look or nature of things like cities, ideas or society; mostly a noun, while 「変じる」 is a verb for becoming something.
• Related変換へんかんNeutralNeutral; focuses on converting or swapping one thing into another, as in 「漢字に変換する」; also used for mathematical conversion — an operational word.
• Related変転へんてんWrittenWritten; focuses on dramatic, rapid shifts in a situation or state of affairs.
• Related変移へんいWrittenA rare written noun for things shifting and changing in general; 「変じる」 is a verb stressing that something becomes another thing or form.
• Related切り替わるきりかわるNeutralNeutral; focuses on a state switching over or being replaced — often said of systems or settings.
• Related変えるかえるNeutralNeutral transitive verb; the everyday choice for changing something, making it different.
• Related変質へんしつWrittenWritten; focuses on a change in quality or character, typically for the worse — deterioration.
• Related転変てんぺんWrittenRare written word; focuses on the unpredictable ups and downs of worldly affairs.
• Related成り変わるなりかわるNeutralNeutral; focuses on turning into something else — very close to 「変じる」 in sense.
• Antonym変わらないかわらないNeutralNeutral antonym; not changing, staying the same all along — the opposite of 「変じる」.
• Antonym不变WrittenWritten antonym; 「不変（ふへん）」 means remaining as it was, unchanging — the opposite of the transformation expressed by 「変じる」.

「変じる」 is the written, formal way to say something transforms into another form, as in 「喜びが悲しみに変じる」. In daily speech use 「変わる」 (intransitive) or 「変える」 (transitive). For turning into a state, choose 「化する」; for a shift of direction or course, 「転じる」. 「変ずる」 is simply the older written variant of 「変じる」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 変化へんかする。変かわる。
2. 変化へんかさせる。変かえる。