変色

Japanese

Kanji in this term
変 色
へん
Grade: 4
しょく
Grade: 2
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
變色 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) へんしょく [hèńshókú] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [hẽ̞ɰ̃ɕo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

変(へん)色(しょく) • (henshoku) ←へんしよく (fensyoku)?

  1. change of color, discoloration
    • 1941, 中谷宇吉郎, 壁画摸写‎, 青空文庫:
      指頭大(しとうだい)の天女(てんにょ)の唇(くちびる)に桃色(ももいろ)の色(いろ)が塗(ぬ)ってあったが、これも長年月(ちょうねんげつ)の変色(へんしょく)が加(くわ)わっていて、どうしても現代(げんだい)の絵具(えのぐ)では、その色(いろ)が出(で)ない。
      Shitō-dai no tennyo no kuchibiru ni momoiro no iro ga nutte atta ga, kore mo chōnengetsu no henshoku ga kuwawatte ite, dō shite mo gendai no enogu de wa, sono iro ga denai.
      The heavenly maiden’s fingertip-sized lips had been painted with a pink color, but this too has accumulated many years of discoloration, and that color simply cannot be brought out with modern paints.

Verb

変(へん)色(しょく)する • (henshoku suru) ←へんしよく (fensyoku)?transitive or intransitive suru (stem 変(へん)色(しょく)し (henshoku shi), past 変(へん)色(しょく)した (henshoku shita))

  1. to change color, to discolor
    • 1961, 外村繁, 日を愛しむ‎, 青空文庫:
      地上(ちじょう)には既(すで)に褐色(かっしょく)に変色(へんしょく)した花(はな)が落(お)ちている。
      Chijō ni wa sude ni kasshoku ni henshoku shita hana ga ochite iru.
      On the ground are fallen flowers that have already turned brown.

Conjugation

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