性転換

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
せい
Grade: 5
てん
Grade: 3
かん
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
性轉換 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of (sei, sex) +‎ 転換 (tenkan, change).

Pronunciation

Noun

(せい)(てん)(かん) (seitenkanせいてんくわん (seitenkwan)?

  1. sex change
  2. (transgender, sometimes offensive) gender reassignment

Synonyms

Verb

(せい)(てん)(かん)する (seitenkan suruせいてんくわん (seitenkwan)?suru (stem (せい)(てん)(かん) (seitenkan shi), past (せい)(てん)(かん)した (seitenkan shita))

  1. undergo sex change
  2. (transgender, sometimes offensive) be operate in gender reassignment surgery

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN