"変身" meaning in Japanese

See 変身 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: [hẽ̞ɰ̃ɕĩɴ] Forms: 変身 [canonical] (ruby: (へん), (しん)), henshin [romanization]
Etymology: Probably from Middle Chinese as compound 變身 (MC pjenH syin, “change” + “body; self”). Compare modern Mandarin 變身/变身 (biànshēn). First attested in Japanese in 1060. Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=へんしん}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|變身|change” + “body; self}} 變身 (MC pjenH syin, “change” + “body; self”), {{cog|cmn|-}} Mandarin, {{zh-l|變身}} 變身/变身 (biànshēn) Head templates: {{ja-pos|interjection|へんしん}} 変(へん)身(しん) • (henshin)
  1. (fiction) Transform! Categories (topical): Fiction, Japanese fiction
    Sense id: en-変身-ja-intj-7qEbxR92 Disambiguation of Japanese fiction: 14 4 32 8 9 33 Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 14 8 20 15 24 20 Topics: fiction, literature, media, publishing

Noun

IPA: [hẽ̞ɰ̃ɕĩɴ] Forms: 変身 [canonical] (ruby: (へん), (しん)), henshin [romanization]
Etymology: Probably from Middle Chinese as compound 變身 (MC pjenH syin, “change” + “body; self”). Compare modern Mandarin 變身/变身 (biànshēn). First attested in Japanese in 1060. Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=へんしん}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|變身|change” + “body; self}} 變身 (MC pjenH syin, “change” + “body; self”), {{cog|cmn|-}} Mandarin, {{zh-l|變身}} 變身/变身 (biànshēn) Head templates: {{ja-noun|へんしん}} 変(へん)身(しん) • (henshin)
  1. a transformation of one's appearance
    Sense id: en-変身-ja-noun-Iv7tO9oB Categories (other): Japanese verbs without transitivity, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese verbs without transitivity: 7 12 17 16 24 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 13 17 15 22 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 14 18 16 21 25
  2. shapeshifting, a transformation of one's body, particularly of a human into some other creature or form Categories (topical): Japanese fiction
    Sense id: en-変身-ja-noun-F4PkGrIK Disambiguation of Japanese fiction: 14 4 32 8 9 33 Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese verbs without transitivity, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 14 8 20 15 24 20 Disambiguation of Japanese verbs without transitivity: 7 12 17 16 24 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 13 17 15 22 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 14 18 16 21 25
  3. an appearance or body so transformed
    Sense id: en-変身-ja-noun-O5K0f-GH Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese verbs without transitivity, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 14 8 20 15 24 20 Disambiguation of Japanese verbs without transitivity: 7 12 17 16 24 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 13 17 15 22 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 14 18 16 21 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 変わり身 (kawarimi) (ruby: (), ())

Verb

IPA: [hẽ̞ɰ̃ɕĩɴ]
Etymology: Probably from Middle Chinese as compound 變身 (MC pjenH syin, “change” + “body; self”). Compare modern Mandarin 變身/变身 (biànshēn). First attested in Japanese in 1060. Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=へんしん}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|變身|change” + “body; self}} 變身 (MC pjenH syin, “change” + “body; self”), {{cog|cmn|-}} Mandarin, {{zh-l|變身}} 變身/变身 (biànshēn) Forms: 変身する [canonical] (ruby: (へん), (しん)), henshin suru [romanization], 変身し [stem] (ruby: (へん), (しん)), 変身した [past] (ruby: (へん), (しん)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 変身し [error-unrecognized-form], へんしんし [error-unrecognized-form], henshin shi [error-unrecognized-form], 変身する [error-unrecognized-form], へんしんする [error-unrecognized-form], henshin suru [error-unrecognized-form], 変身すれ [error-unrecognized-form], へんしんすれ [error-unrecognized-form], henshin sure [error-unrecognized-form], 変身せよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], 変身しろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], へんしんせよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], へんしんしろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], henshin seyo [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], henshin shiro [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], 変身される [passive], へんしんされる [passive], henshin sareru [passive], 変身させる [causative], 変身さす [causative], へんしんさせる [causative], へんしんさす [causative], henshin saseru [causative], henshin sasu [causative], 変身できる [potential], へんしんできる [potential], henshin dekiru [potential], 変身しよう [volitional], へんしんしよう [volitional], henshin shiyō [volitional], 変身しない [negative], へんしんしない [negative], henshin shinai [negative], 変身せず [continuative, negative], へんしんせず [continuative, negative], henshin sezu [continuative, negative], 変身します [formal], へんしんします [formal], henshin shimasu [formal], 変身した [perfective], へんしんした [perfective], henshin shita [perfective], 変身して [conjunctive], へんしんして [conjunctive], henshin shite [conjunctive], 変身すれば [conditional, hypothetical], へんしんすれば [conditional, hypothetical], henshin sureba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. to transform one's appearance
    Sense id: en-変身-ja-verb-Kns-sl4D Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese verbs without transitivity, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 14 8 20 15 24 20 Disambiguation of Japanese verbs without transitivity: 7 12 17 16 24 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 13 17 15 22 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 14 18 16 21 25
  2. to shapeshift, to transform physically into some other creature or form Categories (topical): Japanese fiction
    Sense id: en-変身-ja-verb-KdbVQ95z Disambiguation of Japanese fiction: 14 4 32 8 9 33 Categories (other): 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, Japanese verbs without transitivity, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 8 11 16 16 22 28 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 13 6 10 9 12 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 13 6 10 9 12 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 14 8 20 15 24 20 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 13 6 11 9 11 49 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 13 6 10 9 12 50 Disambiguation of Japanese verbs without transitivity: 7 12 17 16 24 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 13 17 15 22 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 14 18 16 21 25
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      "form": "変身させる",
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      "form": "変身さす",
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      "form": "へんしんさせる",
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    {
      "form": "へんしんさす",
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      "form": "henshin sasu",
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      "form": "変身できる",
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    {
      "form": "へんしんできる",
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    {
      "form": "henshin dekiru",
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    {
      "form": "変身しよう",
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    {
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      "form": "へんしんします",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "henshin shimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "変身した",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へんしんした",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "henshin shita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "変身して",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へんしんして",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "henshin shite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "変身すれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へんしんすれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "henshin sureba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to transform one's appearance"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "transform",
          "transform"
        ],
        [
          "appearance",
          "appearance"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to shapeshift, to transform physically into some other creature or form"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shapeshift",
          "shapeshift"
        ],
        [
          "transform",
          "transform"
        ],
        [
          "creature",
          "creature"
        ],
        [
          "form",
          "form"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "へんしん"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[hẽ̞ɰ̃ɕĩɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Nihon Kokugo Daijiten",
    "Shapeshifting",
    "ja:変身"
  ],
  "word": "変身"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 変身 meaning in Japanese (11.0kB)

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  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "変身"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "変身",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "変身"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "interjection",
  "title": "変身",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Mizenkei (\"imperfective\")'",
  "path": [
    "変身"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "変身",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Ren’yōkei (\"continuative\")'",
  "path": [
    "変身"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "変身",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Shūshikei (\"terminal\")'",
  "path": [
    "変身"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "変身",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
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  "path": [
    "変身"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "変身",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Kateikei (\"hypothetical\")'",
  "path": [
    "変身"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "変身",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Meireikei (\"imperative\")'",
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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
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  "title": "変身",
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}

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