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変身 metamorphosis, transformation

Submitted by admin on Mon, 08/04/2008 - 15:30
変身
metamorphosis, transformation


The word:
Closer look at the kanji:
B = Beginner | I = Intermediate | A = Advanced

変身
hen shin
metamorphosis, transformation

変 hen change
身 shin body



大変 tai hen - terrible, very, awful [B]
 出身 shusshin - come from (your country/city) [I]
独身 doku shin - bachelor, single, not married [I]


SUGGESTED USAGE:

ゴジラは変身する前は実は可愛いトカゲだった。
gojira wa henshin suru mae wa jitsu wa kawaii tokage datta.
Godzilla, before his transformation, was actually a cute lizard.

ABOUT SUGGESTED USAGE:

ゴジラ gojira - Godzilla [The Japanese gojira comes from gorira (gorilla) and kujira (whale)]
前 mae - before
実は jitsu wa - actually, in reality...
可愛い kawaii - cute this is usually not written in kanji, but only in hiragana
 トカゲ tokage - lizard usually words with difficult (or unknown) kanji tend to be written in katakana even if it is a native Japanese pronunciation - Here is the actual kanji [蜥蜴] (Dont worry, you wont be tested)
だった datta - was past simple of desu verb

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