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    3. 変身

    変身

    変へん身しん

    metamorphosis

    KMT6News #13+1CoreNoun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveAnime & MangaKanji Vocab16 strokes

    へんしん

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    metamorphosis, disguise, transformation, shapeshifting, morphing

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    彼かれはヒーローに変へへん身しんした。

    He transformed into a hero.

    KMT4Anime & Manga
    魔ま法ほう少しょう女じょは呪じゅ文もんを唱となえて変へん身しんする。

    The magical girl transforms by chanting a spell.

    KMT6Anime & Manga
    アニメのキャラクターは、ピンチになると変へん身しんして強つよくなる。

    Anime characters transform and become stronger when they are in a pinch.

    KMT6Anime & MangaGames
    彼かの女じょはメイクでまるで別べつ人じんのように変へん身しんした。

    She transformed like a completely different person with makeup.

    KMT6Fashion & BeautyDaily Life
    幼よう虫ちゅうが蝶ちょに変うへへ身んしんする過か程ていは神しん秘ぴ的てきだ。

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

    KMT7Nature & EnvironmentScience & Math

    Kanji that make up this word

    変
    か.わる・か.わり・か.える…(1)
    unusual・change・strange
    身
    み…(1)
    somebody・person・one's station in life
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