変へん更こう

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 1,000

Meanings

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noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment

Broadly used for intentional changes to plans, rules, schedules, settings, or documents. Often implies a formal or deliberate adjustment.

会かい議ぎの日にち時じを変へん更こうしました。
We changed the date and time of the meeting.

パスワードを定てい期き的てきに変へん更こうしてください。

Please change your password regularly.

法ほう律りつの変へん更こうについて議ぎ論ろんする。

Discuss the amendment of the law.

Written forms

変へん更こうUsage100%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency word.
變へん更こうUsage<1%
search-only kanji form
Kyūjitai form; not used in modern Japanese.

Kanji

変unusual, change, strange
更grow late, night watch, sit up late
變change, strange

Similar words

変へん化か
変化 is a more general 'change' or 'transformation', often intransitive and natural, while 変更 is a deliberate, transitive alteration of something established.
修しゅう正せい
修正 focuses on correcting errors or making adjustments, whereas 変更 is broader and can mean replacing or switching something entirely.

Etymology

Compound of 変 (hen, 'change') and 更 (kō, 'renew'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning of alteration or revision.