豹変

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See also: 豹變 and 豹变

Japanese

Kanji in this term
豹 変
ひょう
Jinmeiyō 		へん
Grade: 4
on'yomi
Alternative spellings
豹變 (kyūjitai)
ひょう変

Etymology

Short for 君子(くんし)豹変(ひょうへん)す (kunshi hyōhen su), from I Ching.

Pronunciation

Noun

豹(ひょう)変(へん) • (hyōhen) ←へうへん (feufen)?

  1. sudden change

Verb

豹(ひょう)変(へん)する • (hyōhen suru) ←へうへん (feufen)?suru (stem 豹(ひょう)変(へん)し (hyōhen shi), past 豹(ひょう)変(へん)した (hyōhen shita))

  1. to change suddenly

Conjugation

Conjugation of "豹変する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 豹変し ひょうへんし hyōhen shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 豹変し ひょうへんし hyōhen shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 豹変する ひょうへんする hyōhen suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 豹変する ひょうへんする hyōhen suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 豹変すれ ひょうへんすれ hyōhen sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 豹変せよ¹
豹変しろ² 		ひょうへんせよ¹
ひょうへんしろ² 		hyōhen seyo¹
hyōhen shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 豹変される ひょうへんされる hyōhen sareru
Causative 豹変させる
豹変さす 		ひょうへんさせる
ひょうへんさす 		hyōhen saseru
hyōhen sasu
Potential 豹変できる ひょうへんできる hyōhen dekiru
Volitional 豹変しよう ひょうへんしよう hyōhen shiyō
Negative 豹変しない ひょうへんしない hyōhen shinai
Negative continuative 豹変せず ひょうへんせず hyōhen sezu
Formal 豹変します ひょうへんします hyōhen shimasu
Perfective 豹変した ひょうへんした hyōhen shita
Conjunctive 豹変して ひょうへんして hyōhen shite
Hypothetical conditional 豹変すれば ひょうへんすれば hyōhen sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (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 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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