変容|へんようhen'you[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbchange in appearance; transformation
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 変容する（へんようする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 変容します（へんようします） |
| Negative (nai) | 変容しない（へんようしない） |
| polite (masen) | 変容しません（へんようしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 変容せず・変容せぬ（へんようせず・へんようせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 変容した（へんようした） |
| polite (mashita) | 変容しました（へんようしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 変容しなかった（へんようしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 変容しませんでした（へんようしませんでした） |
| Te form | 変容して（へんようして） |
| Potential | 変容できる（へんようできる） |
| Passive | 変容される（へんようされる） |
| Causative | 変容させる（へんようさせる） |
| Causative passive | 変容させられる（へんようさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 変容すれば（へんようすれば） |
| tara | 変容したら（へんようしたら） |
| Volitional | 変容しよう（へんようしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 変容しましょう（へんようしましょう） |
| Imperative | 変容しろ（へんようしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym変形へんけいNeutralNeutral word for a change in physical shape, as in 「変形した車体」; concrete and physical, where 変容 is about the whole appearance or state changing.
- Synonym変質へんしつNeutralNeutral word for a change in quality or nature, usually for the worse — 「食品が変質する」; 変容 is about overall appearance, not deterioration of essence.
- Synonym変移へんいWrittenRare written word for a shifting change of position or state; you will seldom need it in place of 変容.
- Synonym変わりかわりNeutralNeutral noun for change or something out of the ordinary; colloquial in greetings like 「お変わりありませんか」; plain, not a transformation.
- Synonym変わるかわるNeutralThe everyday verb 'to change', by far the most common; it does not highlight a change in appearance the way 変容 does.
- Synonym変化へんかWrittenWritten word, read へんげ: the shapeshifting of monsters, spirits or deities; 変容 is the general term for a change in overall appearance.
- Related変遷へんせんWrittenWritten word for historical change — how things evolve over time; use for transitions across eras, not a single change of appearance.
- Related変更へんこうNeutralNeutral word for a deliberate change or revision made by people — plans, schedules, content; not a natural change of appearance.
- Related変革へんかくWrittenWritten word for fundamental reform or revolution of institutions and society; more drastic and abstract than 変容's change of appearance.
- Related変換へんかんNeutralNeutral word for converting one format or form into another, as in 「漢字変換」; mechanical and technical, unlike 変容's transformation.
- Related変動へんどうWrittenWritten word for fluctuation in conditions, situations or figures, as in 「社会変動」; 変容 stresses overall change of appearance or state.
- Related変化へんげWrittenWritten word, read へんげ: the shapeshifting of monsters, spirits or deities; 変容 is the general term for a change in overall appearance.
- Related変成へんせいWrittenWritten, technical word for forming something by changing its shape, as in geology's 「変成岩」; 変容 is about overall appearance.
- Antonym不変ふへんWrittenWritten word meaning unchanging or immutable — the direct opposite of 変容's transformation of appearance.
Use 「変容」 for an overall change in appearance or character, as in 「都市の変容」 or 「意識の変容」. For physical shape say 「変形」, for change over time 「変遷」, for reform of systems 「変革」, and in everyday speech just 「変わる」. The opposite is 「不変」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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