変更

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See also: 變更 and 变更

Japanese

Kanji in this term
変 更
へん
Grade: 4 		こう
Grade: S
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
變更 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

変(へん)更(こう) • (henkō) 

  1. a change, alteration

Verb

変(へん)更(こう)する • (henkō suru) suru (stem 変(へん)更(こう)し (henkō shi), past 変(へん)更(こう)した (henkō shita))

  1. to modify, alter, change
    • 1918, 和辻哲郎, 院展遠望:
      ここに画家(がか)の態度(たいど)を変更(へんこう)する必要(ひつよう)が示(しめ)されているのである。
      Koko ni gaka no taido o henkō suru hitsuyō ga shimesarete iru no de aru.
      This shows the need for the attitude of the artist to change.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "変更する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 変更し へんこうし henkō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 変更し へんこうし henkō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 変更する へんこうする henkō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 変更する へんこうする henkō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 変更すれ へんこうすれ henkō sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 変更せよ¹
変更しろ² 		へんこうせよ¹
へんこうしろ² 		henkō seyo¹
henkō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 変更される へんこうされる henkō sareru
Causative 変更させる
変更さす 		へんこうさせる
へんこうさす 		henkō saseru
henkō sasu
Potential 変更できる へんこうできる henkō dekiru
Volitional 変更しよう へんこうしよう henkō shiyō
Negative 変更しない へんこうしない henkō shinai
Negative continuative 変更せず へんこうせず henkō sezu
Formal 変更します へんこうします henkō shimasu
Perfective 変更した へんこうした henkō shita
Conjunctive 変更して へんこうして henkō shite
Hypothetical conditional 変更すれば へんこうすれば henkō sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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