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変色

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
へん
Grade: 4
しょく
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
變色 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) んしょく [hèńshókú] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [hẽ̞ɰ̃ɕo̞kɯ̟]

Noun

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(へん)(しょく) (henshokuへんしよく (fensyoku)?

  1. change of color, discoloration
    • 1941, 中谷宇吉郎, 壁画摸写[1], 青空文庫:
      指頭大(しとうだい)天女(てんにょ)(くちびる)桃色(ももいろ)(いろ)()ってあったが、これも長年月(ちょうねんげつ)変色(へんしょく)(くわ)わっていて、どうしても現代(げんだい)絵具(えのぐ)では、その(いろ)()ない。
      Shitō-dai no tennyo no kuchibiru ni momoiro no iro ga nutte atta ga, kore mo chōnengetsu no henshoku ga kuwawatte ite, dō shite mo gendai no enogu de wa, sono iro ga denai.
      The heavenly maiden’s fingertip-sized lips had been painted with a pink color, but this too has accumulated many years of discoloration, and that color simply cannot be brought out with modern paints.

Verb

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(へん)(しょく)する (henshoku suruへんしよく (fensyoku)?transitive or intransitive suru (stem (へん)(しょく) (henshoku shi), past (へん)(しょく)した (henshoku shita))

  1. to change color, to discolor
    • 1961, 外村繁, 日を愛しむ[2], 青空文庫:
      地上(ちじょう)には(すで)褐色(かっしょく)変色(へんしょく)した(はな)()ちている。
      Chijō ni wa sude ni kasshoku ni henshoku shita hana ga ochite iru.
      On the ground are fallen flowers that have already turned brown.

Conjugation

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