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    3. 変色

    変色

    変へん色しょく

    change of color

    KMT9News #31+1Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive, ParticleScience & MathKanji Vocab15 strokes

    へんしょく

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive, Particle

    1.
    change of color, change of colour, fading, discoloration, discolouration

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    この布ぬのは日にっ光こうで変へん色しょくしやすい。

    This fabric tends to discolor in sunlight.

    KMT7Daily LifeScience & Math
    古ふるい写しゃ真しんが時じ間かんの経けい過かとともに変へん色しょくしてしまった。

    The old photos discolored over time.

    KMT9Daily LifeScience & Math
    化か学がく反はんの応うにより、溶よう液えきの色いろが青あおから赤あかへと変へん色しょくした。

    Due to a chemical reaction, the solution changed color from blue to red.

    KMT9Science & Math
    博はく物ぶつ館かんの専せん門もん家かは、古こ代だいの文もん書じょの変へん色しょくを防ふせぐ方ほう法ほうを研けん究きゅうしている。

    Museum experts are researching ways to prevent the discoloration of ancient documents.

    KMT9Science & MathHistory
    酸さん化かによって金きん属ぞくの表ひょう面めんに変へん色しょくが生しょうじるのは避さけられない現げん象しょうだ。

    Discoloration occurring on the surface of metal due to oxidation is an unavoidable phenomenon.

    KMT10Science & Math

    Kanji that make up this word

    変
    か.わる・か.わり・か.える…(1)
    unusual・change・strange
    色
    いろ…(4)
    color
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