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    3. 変節

    変節

    変へん節せつ

    betrayal

    KMT9News #31+1Noun, Participle, Verb, IntransitivePolitics & LawEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab22 strokes

    へんせつ

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    betrayal, defection, treachery, apostasy

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    彼かれは変へん節せつした。

    He defected.

    KMT7Emotions & PsychologyPolitics & Law
    政せい治じ家かが自じ身しんの主しゅ義ぎ主しゅ張ちょうを変へん節せつすることは、有ゆう権けん者しゃの信しん頼らいを失うしなう行こう為いだ。

    A politician betraying their own principles and assertions is an act that loses the trust of voters.

    KMT9Politics & LawEmotions & Psychology
    戦せん時じ中ちゅう、多おおくの人ひと々びとが思し想そうの変へん節せつを強しいられた。

    During the war, many people were forced to betray their ideologies.

    KMT9Politics & LawHistory
    友ゆう人じんの変へん節せつに、彼かれは深ふかく失しつ望ぼうした。

    He was deeply disappointed by his friend's betrayal.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyFamily & Relationships
    彼かれの変へん節せつは、単たんなる日ひ和より見み主しゅ義ぎではなく、深ふかい信しん念ねんの欠けつ如じょを示しめしている。

    His defection indicates not just opportunism, but a deep lack of conviction.

    KMT10Politics & LawEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    変
    か.わる・か.わり・か.える…(1)
    unusual・change・strange
    節
    ふし・-ぶし・のっと…(3)
    node・season・period・occasion・verse…(9)
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