変色

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
変 色
へん
Grade: 4 		しょく
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
變色 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

変(へん)色(しょく) • (henshoku) ←へんしよく (fensyoku)?

  1. change of color, discoloration
    • 1941, 中谷宇吉郎, 壁画摸写‎, 青空文庫:
      指頭大(しとうだい)の天女(てんにょ)の唇(くちびる)に桃色(ももいろ)の色(いろ)が塗(ぬ)ってあったが、これも長年月(ちょうねんげつ)の変色(へんしょく)が加(くわ)わっていて、どうしても現代(げんだい)の絵具(えのぐ)では、その色(いろ)が出(で)ない。
      Shitō-dai no tennyo no kuchibiru ni momoiro no iro ga nutte atta ga, kore mo chōnengetsu no henshoku ga kuwawatte ite, dō shite mo gendai no enogu de wa, sono iro ga denai.
      The heavenly maiden’s fingertip-sized lips had been painted with a pink color, but this too has accumulated many years of discoloration, and that color simply cannot be brought out with modern paints.

Verb

変(へん)色(しょく)する • (henshoku suru) ←へんしよく (fensyoku)?transitive or intransitive suru (stem 変(へん)色(しょく)し (henshoku shi), past 変(へん)色(しょく)した (henshoku shita))

  1. to change color, to discolor
    • 1961, 外村繁, 日を愛しむ‎, 青空文庫:
      地上(ちじょう)には既(すで)に褐色(かっしょく)に変色(へんしょく)した花(はな)が落(お)ちている。
      Chijō ni wa sude ni kasshoku ni henshoku shita hana ga ochite iru.
      On the ground are fallen flowers that have already turned brown.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "変色する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 変色し へんしょくし henshoku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 変色し へんしょくし henshoku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 変色する へんしょくする henshoku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 変色する へんしょくする henshoku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 変色すれ へんしょくすれ henshoku sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 変色せよ¹
変色しろ² 		へんしょくせよ¹
へんしょくしろ² 		henshoku seyo¹
henshoku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 変色される へんしょくされる henshoku sareru
Causative 変色させる
変色さす 		へんしょくさせる
へんしょくさす 		henshoku saseru
henshoku sasu
Potential 変色できる へんしょくできる henshoku dekiru
Volitional 変色しよう へんしょくしよう henshoku shiyō
Negative 変色しない へんしょくしない henshoku shinai
Negative continuative 変色せず へんしょくせず henshoku sezu
Formal 変色します へんしょくします henshoku shimasu
Perfective 変色した へんしょくした henshoku shita
Conjunctive 変色して へんしょくして henshoku shite
Hypothetical conditional 変色すれば へんしょくすれば henshoku sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

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