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変造 (へんぞう, henzou) Japanese meaning: alteration | Kotomora
Common word› Freq. Frequency Top 100,000 Conjugation 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
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パスポート
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変へん
造ぞう
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疑うたが
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で
逮たい
捕ほ
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He was arrested on suspicion of altering a passport.
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.)
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
There has been a string of cases where old coins were altered.
Kanji 変 unusual, change, strange Related words 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.
