変装|へんそうhensou[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbdisguise; masquerade
    変装へんそうしていた彼かれに気きづかなかった人ひとも多おおかった。↗
    There were many who couldn't recognize him in that disguise.
Conjugation
Dictionary form変装する(へんそうする)
Polite (masu)変装します(へんそうします)
Negative (nai)変装しない(へんそうしない)
polite (masen)変装しません(へんそうしません)
classical zu / nu変装せず・変装せぬ(へんそうせず・へんそうせぬ)
Past (ta)変装した(へんそうした)
polite (mashita)変装しました(へんそうしました)
Past negative (nakatta)変装しなかった(へんそうしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)変装しませんでした(へんそうしませんでした)
Te form変装して(へんそうして)
Potential変装できる(へんそうできる)
Passive変装される(へんそうされる)
Causative変装させる(へんそうさせる)
Causative passive変装させられる(へんそうさせられる)
Conditional (ba)変装すれば(へんそうすれば)
tara変装したら(へんそうしたら)
Volitional変装しよう(へんそうしよう)
polite (mashou)変装しましょう(へんそうしましょう)
Imperative変装しろ(へんそうしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym偽装ぎそうNeutralDisguising the truth to deceive people, as in 「偽装工作」 or 「食品偽装」. The focus is on faking, whereas 「変装」 is only about changing your looks or clothes.
  • Synonym仮装かそうNeutralDressing up in costume, as in 「仮装パーティー」. It stresses dress-up for fun and entertainment.
  • SynonymカモフラージュNeutralA loanword for camouflage: hiding troops, equipment or facilities, or masking your true identity. The emphasis is on concealment.
  • Synonym扮装ふんそうNeutralDressing up as a certain character or look; also just fixing up one's appearance. 「変装」 is specifically changing your look so as not to be recognized.
  • Related化けばけCasualColloquial term for transforming into another form or disguising oneself; also an artificial fly (lure) used in fishing.
  • Antonym素顔すがおNeutralThe antonym: an unmade-up face, or a person's true nature as it really is — the opposite of disguising yourself as 「変装」 describes.

Use 「変装」 for changing your face or clothes so you won't be recognized, as in 「変装して逃げる」. For faking something to deceive, pick 「偽装」; for dressing up for fun, 「仮装」; for playing a role, 「扮装」. The antonym is 「素顔」.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 顔かおつきや容姿ようし、服装ふくそうなどを変かえて別べつの人ひとやものに取り繕とりつくろうこと。
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