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    3. 早変わり

    早変わり

    早はや変がわ​り​

    quick change (of costume)

    KMT9News #31+1Noun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab19 strokes

    早替わり早がわり早変り早替り

    はやがわり

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    quick change (of costume)
    kabuki
    2.
    quick transformation, turning suddenly into, (sudden) metamorphosis

    Stroke 0 / 19

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは舞ぶ台たいで早はや変がわりを披ひ露ろうした。

    He performed a quick change on stage.

    KMT7Culture & Traditions
    彼かの女じょの気き分ぶんは天てん気きのように早はや変がわりする。

    Her mood changes as quickly as the weather.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    歌か舞ぶ伎き役やく者しゃは見み事ごとな早はや変がわりで観かん客きゃくを魅み了りょうした。

    The Kabuki actor captivated the audience with a splendid quick change.

    KMT9Culture & Traditions
    この物ものが語たりの主しゅ人じん公こうは、状じょう況きょうに応おうじて性せい格かくが早はや変がわりする。

    The protagonist of this story undergoes a quick transformation in personality depending on the situation.

    KMT9LiteratureEmotions & Psychology
    伝でん統とう的てきな早はや変がわりは、日に本ほんの舞ぶ台たい芸げい術じゅつの魅きょく力げいの一みりょくのひとつです。

    Traditional quick changes are one of the charms of Japanese performing arts.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsArt & Design

    Characters that make up this word

    早
    はや.い・はや・はや-・はや.まる・はや.める・さ-…(6)
    early・fast
    Kanji
    変
    か.わる・か.わり・か.える…(1)
    unusual・change・strange
    Kanji
    わ
    wa
    Kana
    り
    ri
    Kana
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