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    3. 変わり絵

    変わり絵

    変かわ​り​絵え

    picture that changes as one folds or cuts it (e.g. from a picture of a smiling man to a man with a frown)

    NTNounCulture & TraditionsArt & DesignKanji Vocab25 strokes

    変り絵替わり絵替り絵

    かわりえ

    Noun

    1.
    picture that changes as one folds or cuts it (e.g. from a picture of a smiling man to a man with a frown)

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    Characters that make up this word

    変
    か.わる・か.わり・か.える…(1)
    unusual・change・strange
    Kanji
    絵
    picture・drawing・painting・sketch
    Kanji
    わ
    wa
    Kana
    り
    ri
    Kana
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