Illustration: On a quiet residential lane in Japan, a magical fox disguised as an office worker is caught halfway through changing back. The figure's head has become a fox's muzzle and ears, one hand has become a paw, and a large tail pushes out behind the still-human torso.

JLPT N2suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

変へん身しん

henshin

to transform, to change shape

Example sentences

  1. 僕ぼくがウサギに変身へんしんしてるときは、容赦ようしゃなく人ひとにハグするよ。

    When I transform into a rabbit, I mercilessly hug people.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. どれほど大おおきく「オオーー!」と雄叫おたけびを上あげようとも、オオカミに変身へんしんしたりはしない。

    Regardless how loud you scream "Oo-oo!", you won’t turn into a wolf.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 厳きびしい修行しゅぎょうをつみ、変身へんしん能力のうりょくを得えた人間にんげんの事ことを鬼おにと呼よぶ。

    A human who has had hard training and gained the ability to transform himself is called Oni.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 変身

  • 変unusual; changeOnヘンKunかわる・かわり・かえる
  • 身somebody; personOnシンKunみ

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