変色|へんしょくhenshoku[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. suru verb, intransitive verb, no-adjectivechange of color; change of colour; fading; discoloration; discolouration
    この布ぬのは変色へんしょくしません。↗
    This cloth will not turn color.
Conjugation
Dictionary form変色する(へんしょくする)
Polite (masu)変色します(へんしょくします)
Negative (nai)変色しない(へんしょくしない)
polite (masen)変色しません(へんしょくしません)
classical zu / nu変色せず・変色せぬ(へんしょくせず・へんしょくせぬ)
Past (ta)変色した(へんしょくした)
polite (mashita)変色しました(へんしょくしました)
Past negative (nakatta)変色しなかった(へんしょくしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)変色しませんでした(へんしょくしませんでした)
Te form変色して(へんしょくして)
Potential変色できる(へんしょくできる)
Passive変色される(へんしょくされる)
Causative変色させる(へんしょくさせる)
Causative passive変色させられる(へんしょくさせられる)
Conditional (ba)変色すれば(へんしょくすれば)
tara変色したら(へんしょくしたら)
Volitional変色しよう(へんしょくしよう)
polite (mashou)変色しましょう(へんしょくしましょう)
Imperative変色しろ(へんしょくしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym色変わりいろがわりNeutralA change of color, and also things of the same kind but a different color. The first sense is close to 「変色」; the second is not covered by it.
  • Related汚点おてんNeutralA small spot or stain, also figuratively a disgraceful episode. 「変色」 refers to a change in color, whether of a part or the whole.
  • RelatedしみNeutralA stain or spot, including skin spots such as age spots. 「変色」 refers to a change in color and can apply to a part or the whole.
  • Antonym不变色WrittenA Chinese-style rendering not normally used in Japanese; to say the color does not change, use 「変色しない」, the opposite of 「変色」.

For a change of color use 「変色」 or 「色変わり」; the latter also covers same-kind items in a different color. For localized stains or skin spots use 「染み」. To say the color does not change, use 「変色しない」.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 色いろが変かわること。色いろを変かえること。
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