過渡|かとkato[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nouncrossing; ferry
2. nountransient
3. nounchanging old to new

• Related切り替えきりかえNeutralSwitching from one state to another; the focus is on the act of switching itself, while 「過渡」 names the stage you are in mid-change.
• Related移り変わりうつりかわりNeutralGradual change over time, e.g. the turning of the seasons; 「過渡」 focuses on the in-between state between old and new.
• RelatedコンバートNeutralLoanword for converting data formats or moving a player to another defensive position; unlike 「過渡」, it has no sense of an in-between stage.
• Related変化へんかNeutralThe most common word for change of any kind; 「過渡」 covers only the middle stage of a move from old to new.
• Related転換てんかんNeutralA turn in policy or direction, as in 「方針転換」; stresses the turning point itself, while 「過渡」 stresses the process.
• Related変更へんこうNeutralDeliberately changing plans, settings and the like; 「過渡」 is the middle period of a change from old to new.
• Related移行いこうNeutralMoving from one system or state to another, as in 「新制度への移行」; close to 「過渡」 but stresses the act of transferring.
• Related変動へんどうNeutralFluctuation of prices, conditions and the like; 「過渡」 is a one-way process from old to new.
• Related推移すいいWrittenWritten/formal: the trend of change over time, as in 「人口の推移」; stresses the trajectory of change, not a stage.
• Related変遷へんせんWrittenWritten/formal: long-term historical change, as in 「時代の変遷」; spans a long stretch, while 「過渡」 is one in-between period.
• Related組み替えくみかえNeutralRearranging or recombining something concrete, such as classes or a budget; a hands-on regrouping, unlike the stage sense of 「過渡」.
• Related変換へんかんNeutralConverting forms or data, as in 「漢字変換」; an operation you perform, not the in-between stage that 「過渡」 describes.
• Related転移てんいNeutralMovement to another location, the spread of cancer, or a phase transition in physics; not the in-between period of 「過渡」.
• Related移りうつりNeutralShifting or changing, also a small gift returned inside a borrowed container; rarely used on its own.
• Related変転へんてんWrittenWritten/formal: dramatic, constant shifts in a situation; stresses the intensity of change, while 「過渡」 stresses the middle stage.
• RelatedスイッチCasualLoanword: a switch, or switching, as in 「気持ちをスイッチする」; strongly colloquial.
• RelatedチェンジCasualLoanword: changing or exchanging things, also the change of sides in baseball; common in speech.
• RelatedシフトNeutralLoanword for a shift, including work shifts as in 「シフト勤務」; also used for shifts in focus or policy.
• RelatedコンバージョンNeutralLoanword for conversion, also the web-marketing sense of a completed conversion; a technical term, unlike the stage sense of 「過渡」.
• Related遷移せんいWrittenWritten/formal: a scientific and computing term for state transitions, as in 「画面遷移」; strongly technical.
• Related転変てんぺんWrittenWritten/formal: the ups and downs of worldly affairs, as in 「有為転変」; mostly seen in set phrases.
• Related移ろいうつろいWrittenWritten/formal: the slow change of seasons or human hearts, with a literary flavor; 「過渡」 is a neutral description of a stage.
• Antonym恒常こうじょうWrittenAntonym, written/formal: remaining constant and unchanging; the opposite of 「過渡」, which sits mid-change.
• Antonym永続えいぞくWrittenAntonym, written/formal: lasting on and on; the opposite of the brief, transitional state of 「過渡」.

「過渡」 is mostly seen in 「過渡期」 and 「過渡的」, naming the middle stage between old and new. For change in general use 「変化」, and for a move to a new system use 「移行」. 「切り替え」「転換」「変更」「変換」 are operations or turning points, 「移り変わり」「推移」「変遷」 trace change over time, and 「スイッチ」「チェンジ」 are casual loanwords.

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1. ある状態じょうたいから新あらたな状態じょうたいに変化へんかする途中とちゅう。