変形|へんけいhenkei[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verb, no-adjectivetransformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety; deformity; monster
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 変形する（へんけいする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 変形します（へんけいします） |
| Negative (nai) | 変形しない（へんけいしない） |
| polite (masen) | 変形しません（へんけいしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 変形せず・変形せぬ（へんけいせず・へんけいせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 変形した（へんけいした） |
| polite (mashita) | 変形しました（へんけいしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 変形しなかった（へんけいしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 変形しませんでした（へんけいしませんでした） |
| Te form | 変形して（へんけいして） |
| Potential | 変形できる（へんけいできる） |
| Passive | 変形される（へんけいされる） |
| Causative | 変形させる（へんけいさせる） |
| Causative passive | 変形させられる（へんけいさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 変形すれば（へんけいすれば） |
| tara | 変形したら（へんけいしたら） |
| Volitional | 変形しよう（へんけいしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 変形しましょう（へんけいしましょう） |
| Imperative | 変形しろ（へんけいしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym変容へんようWrittenWritten/formal prose. Covers a change in something's overall appearance, as in 「都市の変容」; 変形 leans toward changes of shape or deformation.
- Synonym変化へんかNeutralNeutral. Read 「へんげ」, it means a monster, spirit or deity shapeshifting; 変形 is a change of shape, state or form of expression.
- SynonymトランスフォーメーションWrittenWritten/formal loanword meaning transformation or reworking; 変形 leans toward changes of shape.
- Related変態へんたいWrittenWritten/formal prose. In biology it means metamorphosis, and it also means sexual perversion; 変形 is about a change in shape.
- Related変貌へんぼうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Suggests a dramatic change in appearance, as in 「街が変貌する」; 変形 stays with physical shape.
- Related変更へんこうNeutralNeutral. Means changing plans, settings or other content, as in 「予定を変更する」; 変形 is about shape, state or form of expression changing.
- Related変換へんかんWrittenWritten/formal prose. Means converting or switching something from one form to another; 変形 leans toward changes of shape.
- Related移り変わりうつりかわりWrittenWritten/formal prose. Describes things changing as time passes; 変形 leans toward shape.
- Related変革へんかくWrittenWritten/formal prose. Means reforming a system or society from the ground up; 変形 leans toward shape.
- Related変遷へんせんWrittenWritten/formal prose. Refers to historical change and vicissitudes over time; 変形 leans toward shape.
- Related変質へんしつWrittenWritten/formal prose. A change in a substance's nature or quality — neutral in itself but often for the worse, as in 「油が変質する」; 変形 is about shape.
- Related改変かいへんWrittenWritten/formal prose. Means altering content so it differs from the original; 変形 leans toward shape.
- Related変わり種かわりだねCasualColloquial. An unusual, one-of-a-kind person or thing; 変形 leans toward changes of shape.
- Related変えるかえるNeutralNeutral verb meaning to change, with the widest range of use; 変形 is a noun leaning toward shape.
- Related変転へんてんWrittenWritten/formal prose. Describes a situation shifting rapidly or violently; 変形 leans toward shape.
- Related改めるあらためるWrittenWritten/formal verb meaning to change or correct something; 変形 leans toward changes of shape.
- Related転ずるてんずるWrittenWritten/formal verb meaning to turn or shift to something else; 変形 leans toward shape.
- Related奇形きけいWrittenWritten/formal prose. A congenital deformity or strange shape; 変形 is a deformation that happens after the fact.
- Related変移へんいWrittenWritten/formal prose. Means change or mutation over time; 変形 leans toward shape.
- Related変わりかわりNeutralNeutral. A change or something out of the ordinary, as in 「お変わりありませんか」; 変形 leans toward shape.
- Related変動へんどうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Fluctuation or movement in a state of affairs; 変形 leans toward shape.
- Related変化へんげNeutralNeutral. Read 「へんげ」, it means a monster, spirit or deity shapeshifting; 変形 is a change of shape, state or form of expression.
- Related転変てんぺんWrittenWritten/formal prose. The ups and downs of worldly affairs, as in 「有為転変」; 変形 leans toward shape.
- Antonym原形げんけいWrittenWritten/formal prose. The original form before alteration or damage — the opposite of 変形, which changes shape.
- Antonym不変ふへんWrittenWritten/formal prose. Unchanging or immutable — the opposite of 変形.
Use 「変形」 for a change in an object's physical shape, as in 「熱で変形する」 or 「変形ロボット」. For a change in overall appearance pick 「変容」 or 「変貌」, for a change in nature or quality 「変質」, and for a congenital deformity 「奇形」. 「変更」 covers changing plans or settings and 「変換」 conversion; 「変える」 is the all-purpose verb. The many written terms — 「移り変わり」, 「変遷」, 「変転」, 「転変」, 「変動」, 「変革」 — describe change over time or in society, not shape. 「原形」 and 「不変」 are its opposites.
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