変化

へんげ

Meanings

1. Noun, する verb, Intransitive shapeshifting (of an animal or spirit); goblin; ghost; apparition; bugbear
2. incarnation See also: 権化 (ごんげ).
3. transformation

Kanji

• 変 change. Read as ヘン.
• 化 transform. Read as ケ.

Words containing 変化

• 七変化 (しちへんげ) dance in which the dancer quickly changes his clothes seven times
• 妖怪変化 (ようかいへんげ) monstrous apparition
• 楽変化天 (らくへんげてん) heaven of enjoying emanations

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