変へん造ぞう

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変造する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

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

Meanings

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

alteration; falsification; forgery

Refers to changing the form or content of something, especially documents, money, or goods, in a dishonest or illegal way. Often used in legal and news contexts.

彼かれはパスポートを変へん造ぞうした疑うたがいで逮たい捕ほされた。
He was arrested on suspicion of altering a passport.
変へん造ぞう硬こう貨かが市し場じょうに出で回まわっている。
Altered coins are circulating in the market.

Usage patterns

〈物もの〉を変へん造ぞうするto alter/forge something (a document, currency, etc.)
彼かれはパスポートを変へん造ぞうした疑うたがいで逮たい捕ほされた。
He was arrested on suspicion of altering his passport.
〈物もの〉が変へん造ぞうされるfor something to be forged/altered
古ふるい硬こう貨かが変へん造ぞうされる事じ件けんが相あい次ついでいる。
There has been a string of cases where old coins were altered.

Kanji

変unusual, change, strange
造create, make, structure

Related words

偽ぎ造ぞうN1
偽造 means creating a completely fake item from scratch (e.g., counterfeit money), while 変造 means altering an existing genuine item to change its value or meaning.
改かいざん
改ざん is most often used for tampering with digital data or records, while 変造 covers broader, especially physical, alteration of documents, currency, or goods.
捏ねつ造ぞう
捏造 means fabricating false facts, evidence, or claims out of nothing, while 変造 specifically means physically or textually altering something that genuinely existed.

Don't confuse with

変へん装そう
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.
偽ぎ造ぞうN1
偽造 means creating a fake from scratch, while 変造 means altering or tampering with an already-genuine document or item.

Etymology

Compound of 変 (hen, 'change') and 造 (zō, 'make, create'), literally meaning 'to make changes'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word has been used in legal and official contexts since the Meiji period.