変わる・変る|かわるkawaru[0]heiban (flat)

1. godan verb, intransitive verbto change; to be transformed; to be altered; to vary
   私のE-mailアドレスが変かわりました。↗

   My e-mail address has been changed.
2. godan verb, intransitive verbto move to
   彼かれは給料きゅうりょうの良よい会社かいしゃに変かわった。↗

   He moved to a good company that offered a good salary.
3. godan verb, intransitive verbto be different; to be uncommon; to be unusualusu. as 変わった, 変わっている
   最近さいきん変かわった海洋かいよう生物せいぶつが発見はっけんされた。↗

   A strange marine creature was found recently.

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• Synonym化するかするWrittenWritten style for turning into a state, as in 「廃墟と化する」; often implies a negative outcome.
• Synonym化すかすWrittenThe godan form of 「化する」, same meaning, as in 「灰と化す」「廃墟と化す」; strongly written in flavor, so everyday speech uses 「変わる」 or 「なる」.
• Synonym改まるあらたまるWrittenFor being renewed or taking on a formal, ceremonious manner, as in 「年が改まる」「改まった態度」.
• Synonym変じるへんじるWrittenWritten style for changing into something else, as in 「怒りが喜びに変じる」.
• Synonym変化へんかNeutralNoun for change itself, as in 「気温の変化」; leans toward objective description.
• Synonym変動へんどうWrittenNoun for changes in states, situations or figures, as in 「為替の変動」「社会変動」「地殻変動」; more written than 「変わる」.
• Synonym転ずるてんずるWrittenFor turning or shifting direction, as in 「攻勢に転ずる」; leans written.
• Synonym転じるてんじるWrittenFor turning to another state or changing one's line of work, as in 「守りから攻めに転じる」.
• Synonym変遷へんせんWrittenChange over time, as in 「時代の変遷」; stresses the historical process.
• Synonym変容へんようWrittenChange in the overall appearance, as in 「街の変容」; leans academic.
• Synonym変質へんしつWrittenChange in nature or quality, often for the worse, as in 「食品が変質する」.
• Synonym変転へんてんWrittenFor situations shifting drastically back and forth, as in 「変転する情勢」.
• Synonym変移へんいWrittenWritten word for change in general, now very rare; in daily use say 「変化」 or 「移り変わり」, and the verb is 「変わる」.
• Synonym変ずるへんずるWrittenSame meaning as 「変じる」 but the older 「ずる」 form, with an archaic feel and rare today; say 「変わる」 in everyday speech.
• Synonym遷移せんいWrittenTransition between states; mostly in computing and ecology.
• Synonym転変てんぺんWrittenFor the impermanent changes of worldly affairs, as in 「有為転変」; has a Buddhist flavor.
• Related改めるあらためるNeutralTransitive verb for deliberately revising or correcting, as in 「規則を改める」.
• Related変えるかえるNeutralTransitive: making something change, as in 「事故が人生を変えた」; 「変わる」 is intransitive, with the changing thing as subject whatever the cause.
• RelatedチェンジCasualColloquial loanword for replacing or exchanging, as in 「メンバーチェンジ」.
• Related動くうごくNeutralFor moving or operating; also for markets or situations shifting, as in 「相場が動く」; 「変わる」 stresses the state becoming different.
• Related異なることなるNeutralFor things differing from each other; stresses the difference, while 「変わる」 stresses change over time.
• Related違うちがうCasualEveryday colloquial word for being different or wrong; stresses comparing differences.
• Antonym変わらないかわらないNeutralAntonym of 「変わる」: remaining just as it was all along.
• Antonym固定するWrittenAntonym of 「変わる」: being fixed in place, or making something stay unchanged.

Default to 「変わる」 for something changing and 「変える」 for making it change. For the noun use 「変化」, 「変動」 for fluctuations in figures or conditions, 「変遷」 for historical change, 「変容」 for a changed look, 「変質」 for deterioration, 「変転」 for volatile situations. Turning into something: 「化する」「化す」「変じる」「変ずる」 in written style; shifts of direction: 「転じる」「転ずる」. Use 「改める」 for revising, 「チェンジ」 for colloquial swaps, 「動く」 for movement or markets. For difference, 「違う」 colloquially or 「異なる」; antonyms 「変わらない」 and 「固定する」.

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1. 物事ものごとの形かたちや様子ようす、人ひとの容姿ようしや性格せいかくなどがそれまでと違ちがった状態じょうたいとなる。
2. 場所ばしょや住所じゅうしょ、所属しょぞくする組織そしきなどが移うつる。
3. 年月としつきが改あらたまる。
4. （打ち消うちけしを伴ともなって）違ちがわない。差さがない。
5. 普通ふつうとことなる。特異とくいだ。 用法ようほう: 修飾しゅうしょくの場合ばあい、た形かたちかている形かたちを用もちい、叙述じょじゅつの場合ばあい、ている形かたちを用もちいる。
6. 相撲すもうなど主おもに格闘技かくとうぎで、身みをかわす。