変へん化げ

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

shapeshifting; transformation of a supernatural being

Refers to the ability of animals, spirits, or monsters to change their form, often in folklore. Can also refer to the transformed creature itself (goblin, ghost, apparition).

• 狐きつねは人ひとに変へん化げするといわれている。

  Foxes are said to shapeshift into humans.

• その妖よう怪かいは美うつくしい女じょ性せいに変へん化げした。

  The monster transformed into a beautiful woman.

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

incarnation; embodiment

Used for a person or thing that perfectly represents an abstract quality, similar to 権化. Often in the pattern ～の変化.

See also: 権化

• 彼かれはまるで悪あく魔まの変へん化げのような男おとこだ。

  He is a man who seems like the very incarnation of a demon.

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

transformation; metamorphosis

General change of form, less common than へんか (変化) for ordinary changes. Often used in literary or technical contexts.

• 幼よう虫ちゅうが成せい虫ちゅうに変へん化げする過か程ていを観かん察さつした。

  We observed the process of the larva transforming into an adult.