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    3. 化す

    化す

    化かす​

    to change (into)

    KMT9News #33+1Verb, Transitive, IntransitiveCore ConceptsKanji Vocab6 strokes

    かすけす

    Verb, Transitive, Intransitive

    1.
    to change (into), to turn (into), to transform (into), to become
    2.
    to influence

    Stroke 0 / 6

    Speed1.0x

    水みずは氷こおりに化かす。

    Water turns into ice.

    KMT7Core ConceptsScience & Math
    その小ちいさな村むらは、数すう年ねんで観かん光こう地ちへと化 しました。

    That small village transformed into a tourist destination in a few years.

    KMT9Core ConceptsTravel & Transportation
    悪あく夢むは現げん実じつへと化 すことがある。

    Nightmares can turn into reality.

    KMT9Core ConceptsEmotions & Psychology
    彼かれの言こと葉ばは、多おおくの人ひと々びとの考かんがえ方かたを化 す力ちからを持もっていた。

    His words had the power to change the way many people thought.

    KMT9Core ConceptsEmotions & Psychology
    彼かれの情じょう熱ねつ的てきなスピーチは、聴ちょう衆しゅうの心こころを動うごかし、行こう動どうへと化 す原げん動どう力りょくとなった。

    His passionate speech moved the audience's hearts and became the driving force that transformed them into action.

    KMT10Core ConceptsEmotions & Psychology

    Characters that make up this word

    化
    ば.ける・ば.かす・ふ.ける・け.する…(2)
    change・take the form of・influence・enchant・delude…(1)
    Kanji
    す
    su
    Kana
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