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    3. 異変

    異変

    異い変へん

    unusual event

    KMT6News #12+1NounNature & EnvironmentEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab20 strokes

    いへん

    Noun

    1.
    unusual event, strange occurrence, strange phenomenon, something abnormal, change (for the worse), accident, disaster

    Stroke 0 / 20

    Speed1.0x

    何なにか異い変へんがあったのですか?

    Was there something unusual?

    KMT4Daily Life
    彼かれは顔かお色いろに異い変へんがあったので、すぐに病びょう院いんへ行いった。

    Because his complexion looked unusual, he immediately went to the hospital.

    KMT6Medicine & HealthDaily Life
    彼かれの普ふ段だんと違ちがう行こう動どうに、私わたしは何なにか異い変へんを感かんじた。

    I felt something unusual in his behavior, which was different from usual.

    KMT6Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    突とつ然ぜんの気き候こうの異い変へんは、生せい態たい系けいに大おおきな影えい響きょうを与あたえるだろう。

    Sudden climate changes will likely have a significant impact on the ecosystem.

    KMT7Nature & EnvironmentScience & Math
    地じ震しんの前まえに動どう物ぶつたちが異い変へんを察さっ知ちすることがあると言いわれている。

    It is said that animals sometimes sense unusual occurrences before an earthquake.

    KMT7Nature & EnvironmentAnimals

    Kanji that make up this word

    異
    こと・こと.なる・け…(1)
    uncommon・different・queerness・strangeness・wonderful…(2)
    変
    か.わる・か.わり・か.える…(1)
    unusual・change・strange
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