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    3. 変質

    変質

    変へん質しつ

    alteration (of character or essence)

    KMT8News #22+1Science & MathMedicine & HealthKanji Vocab24 strokes

    へんしつ

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    alteration (of character or essence), change in quality, transformation, deterioration, degeneration, transmutation

    Noun

    2.
    perversion (esp. sexual)

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    食しょく品ひんが変へん質しつしてしまった。

    The food has deteriorated.

    KMT6Science & MathFood & DiningDaily Life
    高こう温おん多た湿しつの環かん境きょうでは、医い薬やく品ひんの変へん質しつが起おこりやすい。

    In hot and humid environments, pharmaceuticals are prone to deterioration.

    KMT8Science & MathMedicine & HealthNature & Environment
    化か学がく反はんの応うによって物ぶっ質しつが変へん質しつし、新あらたな性せい質しつを持もつ化か合ごう物ぶつが生せい成せいされる。

    Through chemical reactions, substances undergo transformation, and compounds with new properties are generated.

    KMT8Science & MathCore Concepts
    細さい胞ぼうの変へん質しつは、がんなどの病びょう気きの原げん因いんとなることがあります。

    Cellular degeneration can sometimes be a cause of diseases like cancer.

    KMT8Medicine & HealthScience & Math
    彼かれの性せい格かくは、長なが年ねんの苦く難なんを経へて、以い前ぜんとは異ことなる変へん質しつを遂とげた。

    His character underwent a transformation different from before, after years of hardship.

    KMT9Core ConceptsEmotions & PsychologyLiterature

    Kanji that make up this word

    変
    か.わる・か.わり・か.える…(1)
    unusual・change・strange
    質
    たち・ただ.す・もと・わりふ…(3)
    substance・quality・matter・temperament
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