変わり身

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 4

Grade: 3
Alternative spellings
變わり身 (kyūjitai)
変り身
替身 (rare)

Etymology

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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)) +‎ (mi, body).[1][2][3][4]

First cited in 1957.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()わり() (kawarimiかはりみ (kafarimi)?

  1. [date uncertain] (sumo, martial arts) a quick shift of position
  2. [from 1957] flexibility in adapting one's words and deeds to changing circumstances

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 替身”, in 日本国語大辞典[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ 変り身”, in デジタル大辞泉[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 4.0 4.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN