変態|へんたいhentai[0]heiban (flat)

1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbtransformation
2. no-adjectiveabnormality
3. no-adjectivesexual perversion; pervert
4. noun, suru verb, intransitive verb, biologymetamorphosis
5. noun, suru verb, intransitive verb, chemistry, physicstransformation; transition; modification

• Related変形へんけいNeutralA change in shape, with the focus on the altered form. 「変態」 covers insect metamorphosis in biology but usually means sexual perversion, so use with care.
• Related変容へんようWrittenWritten/formal word for a change in appearance, stressing an overall new look. 「変態」 centers on change of form or abnormality.
• Related変貌へんぼうWrittenWritten word for a marked change in appearance, e.g. a city's changing face; lacks the abnormal nuance of 「変態」.
• Related変化へんかNeutralThe most general word for change, usable in the widest range of contexts; neutral, with none of the abnormal overtones of 「変態」.
• Related変更へんこうNeutralChanging or revising plans, settings, etc. — a deliberate human modification, not a natural change.
• Related変動へんどうNeutralFluctuation of conditions, situations or figures, as in 「地殻変動」; no abnormal nuance.
• Related変革へんかくNeutralFundamental reform of society or institutions; stresses change from the roots up.
• Related変遷へんせんWrittenWritten word for historical change, stressing how things evolve as time passes.
• Related変換へんかんNeutralConversion or switching, e.g. kana-to-kanji conversion; leans technical.
• Related変質へんしつNeutralA change in quality or nature, often for the worse; also used of a perverted character, so it usually carries a negative tone.
• Related変調へんちょうNeutralA condition being out of order; also musical transposition and signal modulation.
• Related変転へんてんWrittenWritten word for shifts in fortunes or situations, stressing ups and downs.
• Related変移へんいWrittenRare written word close to 「変遷」 in sense; not interchangeable with 「変態」, which centers on form or abnormality.
• RelatedトランスフォーメーションNeutralLoanword for transformation or conversion, common in business and math; carries no biological or abnormal sense of 「変態」.
• Related遷移せんいWrittenTransition between states; leans scientific and computing usage.
• Related転変てんぺんWrittenWritten word for the shifting ways of the world, as in 「有為転変」.
• Related変成へんせいWrittenWritten, specialist word for metamorphosis, used chiefly in geology, e.g. 「変成岩」 (metamorphic rock).
• Related変型へんけいNeutralA variant type that differs from the standard form; neutral.
• Related移ろいうつろいWrittenNative Japanese word for the shifting of seasons or feelings, with a lyrical flavor.
• Related変易へんえきWrittenAn archaic, literary word for change; rare and neutral, with no negative shade.
• Antonym正常せいじょうNeutralAntonym: the state of being normal, with nothing out of the ordinary — the opposite of 「変態」's abnormal sense.
• Antonym普通ふつうNeutralAntonym: ordinary, usual — the opposite of 「変態」's sense of being abnormal or unusual.

Use 「変態」 for complete insect metamorphosis, as in 「完全変態」, or to call someone a pervert, as in 「変態扱い」 — handle with care in daily speech. For change in general say 「変化」, for a change in appearance 「変貌」, and for a change in nature 「変質」; the opposite is 「正常」. Most other related words are narrower written or technical terms.

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

1. 形かたちや状態じょうたいが変化へんかすること。
2. 1.の形かたちや状態じょうたいのこと。
3. 普通ふつうの状態じょうたいとは異ことなる異常いじょうかつ病的びょうてき状態じょうたいのこと。
4. 変人へんじん。非常ひじょうに変かわった人ひと。
5. 変態へんたい性欲せいよくの略りゃく。過激かげきな性的せいてき嗜好しこう。またそれを有ゆうする人ひと。
6. 性欲せいよくの表出ひょうしゅつが露骨ろこつな人ひと。すけべ。
7. 幼生ようせいから成体せいたいに変化へんかする過程かてい。
8. 根ね・茎くき・葉はなどが本来ほんらいの姿すがたかたちから別べつのものに変化へんかすること。
9. 同一どういつの化学かがく組成そせいでありながら異ことなる物理的ぶつりてき性質せいしつを持もつ状態じょうたいや物質ぶっしつ。相あい転移てんい。
10. 形かたちや状態じょうたいが変化へんかする。
11. 根ね・茎くき・葉はなどが本来ほんらいの姿すがたかたちから別べつのものに変化へんかする。
12. 普通ふつうの状態じょうたいとは異ことなるさま。異常いじょうかつ病的びょうてきなさま。
13. 人柄ひとがらが非常ひじょうに変かわっているさま。
14. 過激かげきな性的せいてき嗜好しこうを有ゆうするさま。
15. 性欲せいよくの表出ひょうしゅつが露骨ろこつなさま。すけべ。