変わる · godan verb (-ru)
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 変わる | 変わらない |
| Polite | 変わります | 変わりません |
| Past polite | 変わりました | 変わりませんでした |
| Past | 変わった | 変わらなかった |
| Te-form | 変わって | 変わらないで |
| Desire | 変わりたい | 変わりたくない |
| Potential | 変われる | 変われない |
| Passive | 変わられる | 変わられない |
| Causative | 変わらせる | 変わらせない |
| Causative passive | 変わらせられるalso 変わらされる | 変わらせられないalso 変わらされない |
| Volitional | 変わろう | |
| Polite volitional | 変わりましょう | |
| Imperative | 変われ | 変わるな |
| Conditional | 変われば | 変わらなければ |
| Tara conditional | 変わったら | 変わらなかったら |
godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb
Intransitive: the subject itself changes, becomes altered, or varies. Use 変える for causing something to change.
When the season changes, clothing changes too.
The schedule changed suddenly.
godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb
move to; be changed to another place
Used when a place, venue, seat, assignment, or similar location-related subject changes to another one; often takes に for the new place.
The meeting place has moved to in front of the station.
The meeting room was changed to the third floor.
godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb
be different; be unusual; be uncommon
Usually appears as 変わった or 変わっている. Depending on context, it can mean simply unusual, or mildly eccentric when describing a person.
He is a little unusual, but he is an interesting person.
There is an unusually shaped building near the station.
The meeting room was changed to the third floor.
The traffic light changed to red.
His expression changed when he heard the news.
He's a bit of an unusual person.
The person in charge was replaced by someone new.
変わる is the common intransitive verb for 'to change,' while 化する is more formal and implies turning into a specific new state or substance.
変わる is the general, everyday word for 'to change', while 転ずる suggests a more deliberate or noticeable turn in direction, topic, or state.
変わる is the general, neutral verb for 'to change,' while 翻る implies a sudden, dramatic flip, as in a reversed opinion or ruling.
変わる is the everyday verb for 'to change,' while となる is a stiffer, more literary way of expressing the same idea of becoming.
strange; odd; unusual; eccentric
eccentric; oddball; weirdo
change; transition; shift
change of heart; change of mind; change in love interest
complete change; transformation
change over time; shift; transition
unusual thing; variant; novelty · eccentric person; oddball; unique character
quick change of costume · quick transformation; sudden metamorphosis
voice change (during puberty); breaking of the voice
turning point; change; transition · point of difference
specialty bath; themed onsen bath
transforming picture; fold-and-change picture
change of attitude; shift in stance; quick adaptation · lightness of foot; dodging ability
tag where the tagged player becomes 'it'
bud sport; bud mutation; bud variation
change completely; transform
change of mind; changing one's mind
half-sibling (different father); uterine · different strain; hybrid; new variety
change of color; discoloration · differently colored; of a different color · different; unusual