"変わり身" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [ka̠β̞a̠ɾʲimʲi] Forms: 変わり身 [canonical] (ruby: 変(か), 身(み)), kawarimi [romanization], kafarimi [romanization], かはりみ [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: Compound of 変わり (kawari, “change, changing”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 変わる (kawaru, “to change”, intransitive)) + 身 (mi, “body”). First cited in 1957. Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|変わり|身|pos1=the <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">連用形</i> (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">変わる</i> (kawaru, “to change”, intransitive)|sort=かわりみ|t1=change, changing|t2=body|tr1=kawari|tr2=mi}} 変わり (kawari, “change, changing”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 変わる (kawaru, “to change”, intransitive)) + 身 (mi, “body”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|かわりみ|hhira=かはりみ}} 変(か)わり身(み) • (kawarimi) ^(←かはりみ (kafarimi)?)
  1. (sumo, martial arts) a quick shift of position
    Sense id: en-変わり身-ja-noun-~zckSZLI Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Martial arts, Sumo, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 65 35 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 55 45 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 64 36 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 61 39 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Topics: government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, sumo, war, wrestling
  2. flexibility in adapting one's words and deeds to changing circumstances
    Sense id: en-変わり身-ja-noun-mMo1CTsQ Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 55 45 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 65 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
     
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Download raw JSONL data for 変わり身 meaning in Japanese (2.6kB)

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