変身 metamorphosis, transformation

変身 (へんしん)

metamorphosis; transformation


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(へんしん)する前(まえ)は実(じつ)は可愛(かわい)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.

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 written 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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