変へん貌ぼう

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

変貌する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	変へん貌ぼうする	変へん貌ぼうしない
Polite	変へん貌ぼうします	変へん貌ぼうしません
Past polite	変へん貌ぼうしました	変へん貌ぼうしませんでした
Past	変へん貌ぼうした	変へん貌ぼうしなかった
Te-form	変へん貌ぼうして	変へん貌ぼうしないで
Desire	変へん貌ぼうしたい	変へん貌ぼうしたくない
Potential	変へん貌ぼうできる	変へん貌ぼうできない
Passive	変へん貌ぼうされる	変へん貌ぼうされない
Causative	変へん貌ぼうさせる	変へん貌ぼうさせない
Causative passive	変へん貌ぼうさせられる	変へん貌ぼうさせられない
Volitional	変へん貌ぼうしよう
Polite volitional	変へん貌ぼうしましょう
Imperative	変へん貌ぼうしろ	変へん貌ぼうするな
Conditional	変へん貌ぼうすれば	変へん貌ぼうしなければ
Tara conditional	変へん貌ぼうしたら	変へん貌ぼうしなかったら

Meanings

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

transformation; change in appearance; transfiguration

Often suggests a noticeable or dramatic change in outward appearance, condition, or character. Used as a noun and as the intransitive 変貌する.

街まちは再さい開かい発はつで大おおきく変へん貌ぼうした。
The town was dramatically transformed by redevelopment.
インターネットの普ふ及きゅうで、私わたしたちの生せい活かつは変へん貌ぼうした。
Our lives were transformed by the spread of the internet.
十じゅう年ねんぶりに訪おとずれて、故こ郷きょうの変へん貌ぼうぶりに驚おどろいた。
Visiting for the first time in ten years, I was surprised by how much my hometown had changed.

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Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉が変へん貌ぼうするfor a place to undergo a striking transformation
この町まちは十じゅう年ねんで大おおきく変へん貌ぼうした。
This town has changed dramatically over the past ten years.
〈場ば所しょ〉が〈物もの〉に変へん貌ぼうするfor a place to transform into something
廃はい工こう場じょうがおしゃれなカフェに変へん貌ぼうした。
The abandoned factory transformed into a stylish café.
変へん貌ぼうを遂とげるto undergo (a complete) transformation
その都と市しは驚おどろくべき変へん貌ぼうを遂とげた。
The city underwent an astonishing transformation.

Kanji

変unusual, change, strange
貌form, appearance, countenance

Related words· 7

変へん化かN3
変化 is the broad, neutral word for any kind of change, while 変貌 implies a striking transformation in outward appearance or condition.
変へん身しんN1
変身 usually refers to a person or character changing form, identity, or costume, whereas 変貌 more often describes broader social, urban, or psychological transformation.
変へん容ようN1
変容 is a more formal, abstract term for a change in nature or structure, while 変貌 emphasizes a visually striking or dramatic change.
様さま変がわり
変貌 is a formal, often literary word for transformation, while 様変わり is the everyday, news-style term for the same kind of dramatic change.

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化ばけるN1
変貌する describes a striking change in appearance or nature in formal writing, while 化ける is more colloquial and often implies surprise at the transformation.
一いっ変ぺんN2
変貌 focuses on a change in outward appearance or form, while 一変 can describe any aspect of a situation changing completely.
化かするN1
変貌する focuses on a dramatic change in appearance or character, while 化する is broader and can describe change into any state, substance, or abstraction.

Written forms

変へん貌ぼうUsage97%
Standard kanji spelling; this is the attested high-priority form.
変へんぼうUsage3%
search-only kanji form
Mixed kanji-kana form marked as search-only; use 変貌 in normal writing.

Etymology

A Sino-Japanese compound written with 変, 'change,' and 貌, 'appearance' or 'form.' The spelling directly reflects the meaning of a change in appearance or state.