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    3. 変態

    変態

    変へん態たい

    transformation

    KMT10News #41+1Ref L2Science & MathMedicine & HealthEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab23 strokes

    へんたい

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    transformation

    Noun, Particle

    2.
    abnormality
    3.
    sexual perversion, pervert
    abbreviation

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    4.
    metamorphosis
    biology
    5.
    transformation, transition, modification
    chemistryphysics

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    幼よう虫ちゅうが蝶ちょうに変へん態たいする過かっ程ていは神しん秘ぴ的てきだ。

    The process of a larva transforming into a butterfly is mysterious.

    KMT8Science & MathNature & Environment
    カエルのオタマジャクシからカエルへの変へん態たいは、生せい物ぶつ学がくの授じゅ業ぎょうでよく扱あつかわれるテーマだ。

    The metamorphosis of a tadpole into a frog is a common theme in biology classes.

    KMT9Science & MathEducationAnimals
    この生せい物ぶつは環かん境きょうの変へん化かに応 じて変へん態たいする能のう力りょくを持もつ。

    This organism has the ability to transform in response to environmental changes.

    KMT10Science & MathNature & Environment
    彼かれの行こう動どうは常じょう軌きを逸いっしており、一いっ種しゅの変へん態たいとしか言いいようがない。

    His behavior is abnormal; it can only be described as a kind of perversion.

    KMT10Emotions & Psychology
    その昆こん虫ちゅうは、成せい長ちょうの段 階 で劇げき的てきな変へん態たいを遂とげることで知しられている。

    That insect is known for undergoing a dramatic metamorphosis during its growth stages.

    KMT10Science & MathAnimals

    Kanji that make up this word

    変
    か.わる・か.わり・か.える…(1)
    unusual・change・strange
    態
    わざ.と…(1)
    attitude・condition・figure・appearance・voice (of verbs)
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