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変装する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Refers to changing one's appearance to hide identity, often for a specific purpose. Can be used as a noun or with する to mean 'to disguise oneself'.

〈人ひと〉に変へん装そうするto disguise oneself as someone
警けい察さつ官かんは犯はん人にんを捕つかまえるためにホームレスに変へん装そうした。
The police officer disguised himself as a homeless person to catch the criminal.
〈物もの〉で変へん装そうするto disguise oneself using something (e.g. a wig, glasses)
彼かれはかつらとサングラスで変へん装そうした。
He disguised himself with a wig and sunglasses.
変へん装そうを見み破やぶるto see through someone's disguise
刑けい事じはすぐに彼かれの変へん装そうを見み破やぶった。
The detective quickly saw through his disguise.
変へん装そうがばれるfor one's disguise to be discovered
変へん装そうがばれて、彼かれはすぐに捕つかまった。
His disguise was discovered, and he was caught right away.

仮か装そう
仮装 means dressing up in a costume for fun or an event, while 変装 is specifically about disguising oneself to hide one's identity.
偽ぎ装そうN1
偽装 implies faking or camouflaging something (like documents or appearance) with deceptive intent, whereas 変装 is a neutral term for altering one's appearance.
扮ふん装そう
扮装 usually refers to dressing up as a character for a performance or theme, while 変装 focuses on concealing one's true identity.
化ばけ
変装 specifically means disguising oneself (e.g., with a costume or fake identity), whereas 化け is broader and often implies a supernatural or trickery element.

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覆ふく面めんN1
変装 refers to disguising one's whole appearance (clothes, hair, etc.), whereas 覆面 focuses narrowly on covering the face.
仮か面めんN1
変装 refers to disguising one's whole appearance with clothes and makeup, while 仮面 specifically evokes a mask covering the face.
化ばけるN1
変装する specifically means to disguise oneself with clothing or makeup, whereas 化ける can suggest a more magical or seamless change of identity.
変へん身しんN1
変装 means disguising oneself with costume or makeup without truly changing form, while 変身 implies an actual change in shape or identity.

女じょ装そう
変装 means disguising oneself in any way (often to hide one's identity), whereas 女装 specifically means a man dressing as a woman regardless of any intent to hide his identity.
変へん造ぞう
変造 (へんぞう) means illegally altering a document, currency, or item, while 変装 (へんそう) means disguising one's own appearance; the words look and sound alike but refer to completely different acts.
コスプレ
変装 means disguising oneself to hide one's identity, whereas コスプレ is dressing up as a fictional character for fun or fandom, not concealment.

Compound of 変 (hen, 'change') and 装 (sō, 'attire, dress'). The combination straightforwardly means 'changing one's attire/appearance'.