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変形 (へんけい, henkei) Japanese meaning: transformation | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N1 › Freq. Frequency Top 10,000 Conjugation 変形する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 変へん 形けい する 変へん 形けい しない Polite 変へん 形けい します 変へん 形けい しません Past polite 変へん 形けい しました 変へん 形けい しませんでした Past 変へん 形けい した 変へん 形けい しなかった Te-form 変へん 形けい して 変へん 形けい しないで Desire 変へん 形けい したい 変へん 形けい したくない Potential 変へん 形けい できる 変へん 形けい できない Passive 変へん 形けい される 変へん 形けい されない Causative 変へん 形けい させる 変へん 形けい させない Causative passive 変へん 形けい させられる 変へん 形けい させられない Volitional 変へん 形けい しよう Polite volitional 変へん 形けい しましょう Imperative 変へん 形けい しろ 変へん 形けい するな Conditional 変へん 形けい すれば 変へん 形けい しなければ Tara conditional 変へん 形けい したら 変へん 形けい しなかったら
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The plastic deformed from the heat.
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We observed the process of a tadpole metamorphosing into a frog.
Usage patterns 〈 物もの 〉 が 変へん 形けい する for something to become deformed or change shape
The plastic container deformed from the heat.
〈 物もの 〉 を 〈 物もの 〉 に 変へん 形けい させる to transform something into something else
That robot can transform its body into a car.
〈 物もの 〉 が 〈 形かたち 〉 に 変へん 形けい する for something to change into a particular shape
This creature transforms from a larva into an adult form.
Kanji 変 unusual, change, strange Transitive / intransitive 変形 is used both transitively and intransitively: 熱で金属が変形する (the metal deforms from heat, intransitive) and 熱が金属を変形させる (heat deforms the metal, causative/transitive).
Related words· 6 変化 is the broad word for any change in state or condition, while 変形 specifically means a change in shape or form.
変身 refers to a person or creature transforming into a different appearance or identity, while 変形 is more general and applies to objects, shapes, or structures.
変容 is a more literary/abstract term for a gradual transformation in nature or character, whereas 変形 emphasizes a concrete change in shape or structure.
歪み specifically implies distortion caused by strain or stress, while 変形 is the more general term for any change in shape.
Show 2 more 変形 refers neutrally to a change in shape or deformation, whereas 歪み specifically implies an unwanted or unnatural warping.
デフォルメ specifically means intentional artistic exaggeration of form, whereas 変形 is a neutral term for any change of shape, artistic or not.
Etymology Compound of 変 (hen, 'change') + 形 (kei, 'shape, form'). The reading is on'yomi. The word has been used in Japanese to mean change of form since at least the Meiji period, and is now common in scientific, technical, and everyday contexts.
