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転化

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See also: 轉化

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
てん
Grade: 3

Grade: 3
on'yomi kan'on
Alternative spelling
轉化 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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Coined by Japanese philosopher Inoue Tetsujirō in 1881 in his work 哲学字彙 (Tetsugaku Jii, Dictionary of Philosophy) as a translation of English becoming, based on the phrase 轉化推移,得一之道,而以少正多 in the Huainanzi (淮南子).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(てん)() (tenkaてんくわ (tenkwa)?

  1. change, conversion, transformation
    Synonym: 変化 (henka)
  2. (chemistry) inversion
  3. (philosophy) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Derived terms

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Verb

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(てん)()する (tenka suruてんくわ (tenkwa)?intransitive suru (stem (てん)() (tenka shi), past (てん)()した (tenka shita))

  1. to change, to transform
    Synonyms: 変化する (henka suru), 変わる (kawaru)
  2. (chemistry) to invert
  3. (philosophy) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Inoue, Tetsujirō (1881) 哲学字彙 [Dictionary of Philosophy]‎[1], University of Tokyo, page 10
  2. 2.0 2.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 4.0 4.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN