変わった|かわったkawatta

1. prenominal modifierunusual; abnormal; strange; odd; peculiar; weird; different
   何なんか変かわったことが起おこったの？↗

   Has anything strange happened?

• Synonym風変わりふうがわりNeutralDescribes an appearance or style that stands out, with a slightly amusing charm, as in 「風変わりな人」. 「変わった」 is the more colloquial choice.
• Synonym奇妙きみょうNeutralSuggests something wondrous and inexplicable, as in 「奇妙な体験」; 「変わった」 stresses being different from the norm.
• Synonym異様いようNeutralDescribes something so abnormal it is unsettling, as in 「異様な雰囲気」; 「変わった」 is more neutral.
• Synonym変へんNeutralAn adjectival noun for something strange or off, very common in speech; 「変わった」 carries the nuance of standing out from the crowd.
• Synonym奇異きいWrittenLeans written/formal; means bizarre or strange, as in 「奇異に感じる」. 「変わった」 is more colloquial and stresses being different from the norm.
• Synonym怪奇かいきNeutralSuggests the eerie and mysterious, often in horror contexts, as in 「怪奇現象」; 「変わった」 is more neutral.
• Synonym特異とくいNeutralMeans unique or distinctive, as in 「特異体質」; 「変わった」 is more colloquial.
• Synonym妙みょうNeutralCovers strange or off, as in 「妙な気分」, and can also mean skillful; 「変わった」 stresses being different from the norm.
• Synonym珍妙ちんみょうWrittenWritten/formal word for something odd and comical, as in 「珍妙な格好」; 「変わった」 is more neutral.
• Synonym奇きWrittenA written/formal word for the odd or unconventional, also 'odd number'; 「変わった」 is the more colloquial choice.
• RelatedおかしいNeutralCovers both 'funny, amusing' and 'strange, not right'; 「変わった」 stresses being different from the norm.
• Related奇怪きかいWrittenWritten/formal word for the strange and bizarre, as in 「奇怪な事件」; 「変わった」 is more colloquial.
• Related不思議ふしぎNeutralMeans mysterious or wondrous, beyond rational explanation; 「変わった」 stresses being different from the norm.
• RelatedへんてこCasualColloquial word for something weird and comical; 「変わった」 is more neutral.
• Related奇態きたいWrittenA rare written/formal word for oddness; in daily speech say 「変」, while 「変わった」 stresses being different.
• RelatedへんてこりんCasualA playful colloquial word for something weird; 「変わった」 is more neutral.
• Related奇矯ききょうWrittenWritten/formal word for eccentric speech or behavior; 「変わった」 is more neutral.
• Related奇々怪々ききかいかいWrittenA four-character idiom for the bizarre and mysterious; 「変わった」 is milder in degree.
• RelatedけったいCasualKansai dialect for something weird or offbeat; 「変わった」 is standard Japanese.
• Related妙ちくりんみょうちくりんCasualA playful colloquial word for something odd or eccentric; 「変わった」 is more neutral.
• Related妙ちきりんみょうちきりんCasualA playful colloquial word for something strange and odd; 「変わった」 is more neutral.
• Related珍奇ちんきWrittenWritten/formal word for something rare and novel; 「変わった」 stresses being different from the norm.
• Related突飛とっぴNeutralDescribes ideas that are wild or off the wall, as in 「突飛な発想」; 「変わった」 is milder in degree.
• AntonymありふれたNeutralAntonym: means commonplace, found everywhere; the opposite of 「変わった」 on the normal-vs-unusual axis.
• Antonym普通のNeutralAntonym: means ordinary, the opposite of 「変わった」 on the normal-vs-unusual axis.
• Antonym平凡なNeutralAntonym: means plain or unremarkable, the opposite of 「変わった」 on the normal-vs-unusual axis.

Use 「変わった」 for someone or something unusual, different from the norm, as in 「変わった人」. For oddness with a touch of charm, choose 「風変わり」; for something that seems off or wrong, 「変」; for abnormality that unsettles, 「異様」; for the mysterious and inexplicable, 「不思議」. The antonyms 「ありふれた」 and 「平凡な」 describe the ordinary and unremarkable.

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1. 普通ふつうでなく、珍めずらしい、または奇妙きみょうな様子ようす。