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    3. 変わる

    変わる

    変かわ​る​

    to change

    N4KMT2News #3+1CoreVerb, IntransitiveCore ConceptsKanji Vocab12 strokes

    変る

    かわる

    Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    to change, to be transformed, to be altered, to vary
    2.
    to move to
    3.
    to be different, to be uncommon, to be unusual

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    天てん気きが変かわります。

    The weather changes.

    KMT2Core ConceptsWeather & Geography
    季き節せつによって景けし色きが変かわる。

    The scenery changes with the seasons.

    KMT2Core ConceptsNature & Environment
    彼かれの意い見けんは状じょう況きょうによってよく変かわる。

    His opinion often changes depending on the situation.

    KMT3Core ConceptsEmotions & Psychology
    時じ代だいが変かわっても、大たい切せつなことは変かわらない。

    Even if times change, important things don't change.

    KMT3Core ConceptsHistory
    日に本ほん語ごを勉べん強きょうして、私わたしの世せ界かい観かんが変かわった。

    Studying Japanese changed my worldview.

    KMT4Core ConceptsEducation

    Characters that make up this word

    変
    か.わる・か.わり・か.える…(1)
    unusual・change・strange
    Kanji
    わ
    wa
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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