変化

変 (hen, “to change”) +‎ 化 (ka, “to change into”)

• (Tokyo) へんか (Atamadaka – )
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変(へん)化(か) • (henka) ^{←へんくわ (fenkwa)?}

1. change in society, climate, or condition, transformation, variety
2. variation
3. declension
4. (sumo) a step to one side during the tachiai, the initial charge at the start of a sumo match; a sidestep

• 変更(へんこう) (henkō): change

変(へん)化(か)する • (henka suru) suru (stem 変(へん)化(か)し (henka shi), past 変(へん)化(か)した (henka shita))

1. to change, to vary

   気(き)候(こう)が変(へん)化(か)した。

   Kikō ga henkashita.

   The climate has changed.

変 (hen, “abnormal”) +‎ 化 (ke, “change oneself into”)

• (Tokyo) へんげ (Atamadaka – )
• (Tokyo) へんげ (Heiban – )
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変(へん)化(げ) • (henge) 

1. goblin, ghost; an apparition
2. instantaneous transformation (eg. from a human into a monster)

• 七変化(しちへんげ) (shichi henge): a lantana (a kind of flower)
• 妖怪変化(ようかいへんげ) (yōkai henge): a "monstrous apparition"

変(へん)化(げ)する • (henge suru) suru (stem 変(へん)化(げ)し (henge shi), past 変(へん)化(げ)した (henge shita))

1. to transform

   あの人(にん)間(げん)はモンスターに変(へん)化(げ)した。

   Ano ningen wa monsutā ni henge shita.

   That human transformed into a monster.