変かわらない

変わらない · i-adjective

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	変かわらない	変かわらなくない
Polite	変かわらないです	変かわらなくないですalso 変かわらなくありません
Past polite	変かわらなかったです	変かわらなくなかったですalso 変かわらなくありませんでした
Past	変かわらなかった	変かわらなくなかった
Te-form	変かわらなくて	変かわらなくなくて
Adverbial	変かわらなく
Conditional	変かわらなければ	変かわらなくなければ
Tara conditional	変かわらなかったら	変かわらなくなかったら

Meanings

i-adjective

unchanging; constant; invariant

Describes something that remains the same over time; often used in set phrases like 変わらない友情 or いつもと変わらない.

彼かれの優やさしさは昔むかしと変かわらない。
His kindness hasn't changed since the old days.
いつもと変かわらない朝あさの風ふう景けい。
The usual morning scene, unchanged as always.

Usage patterns

〈時とき〉と変かわらないunchanged since 〈time〉
彼かれは十じゅう年ねん前まえと変かわらない優やさしさを持もっている。
He still has the same kindness he had ten years ago.
変かわらない〈物もの〉an unchanging X (love, friendship, etc.)
二人ふたりは変かわらない友ゆう情じょうを育はぐくんできた。
The two of them have nurtured an unchanging friendship.
いつもと変かわらない〈事こと〉the same as always
彼かの女じょはいつもと変かわらない笑え顔がおで迎むかえてくれた。
She greeted me with her usual, unchanging smile.

Kanji

変unusual, change, strange

Related words

不ふ変へんN1
不変 is a formal, Sino-Japanese word for something immutable or eternal, while 変わらない is the everyday adjective for something that simply stays the same.
一いっ定ていN3
一定 describes a fixed, set quantity or rule, whereas 変わらない focuses on something staying the same over time, often emotionally or personally.

Opposites

可か変へん
可変 describes something that can be changed or varied, the opposite of 変わらない, which describes something that stays the same.
変かわりやすい
変わりやすい describes something that changes easily or is fickle, directly opposite to 変わらない, which describes something constant.

Don't confuse with

変かわりない
変わりない is a noun-based expression often used in greetings like お変わりありませんか, while 変わらない is a plain i-adjective describing something that stays the same.

Etymology

Negative form of the verb 変わる (to change), from classical 変はる (kafaru). The adjectival use as 'unchanging' is a natural extension of the negative verb form.

Related words

不ふ変へんN1
不変 is a formal, Sino-Japanese word for something immutable or eternal, while 変わらない is the everyday adjective for something that simply stays the same.
一いっ定ていN3
一定 describes a fixed, set quantity or rule, whereas 変わらない focuses on something staying the same over time, often emotionally or personally.

Opposites

可か変へん
可変 describes something that can be changed or varied, the opposite of 変わらない, which describes something that stays the same.
変かわりやすい
変わりやすい describes something that changes easily or is fickle, directly opposite to 変わらない, which describes something constant.