JLPT N4 vocabulary
変わる: meaning, reading and conjugation
Reading and pitch accent
かわる0Heiban · flat
Godan verb (u-verb)
Meaning
- to change, to be transformed, to be altered, to vary
- to move to
- to be different, to be uncommon, to be unusual
Conjugation
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Plain present辞書形 · ない形 | 変わる | 変わ |
| Plain pastた形 · なかった形 | 変わ | 変わ |
| Polite presentます形 | 変わ | 変わ |
| Polite pastました形 | 変わ | 変わ |
| Te-formて形 | 変わ | 変わ |
| Conditions and moods | ||
| If (-ba)ば形 | 変わ | 変わ |
| If / when (-tara)たら形 | 変わ | 変わ |
| Let’s / will意向形 | 変わ | —not in common use |
| Want toたい形 | 変わ | 変わ |
| Command / don’t命令形 · 禁止形 | 変わ | 変わる |
| Can · passive · causative | ||
| Can (potential)可能形 | 変わ | 変わ |
| Passive受身形 | 変わ | 変わ |
| Make / let使役形 | 変わ | 変わ |
| Be made to使役受身形 | 変わ | 変わ |
Example sentences
時を経ても変わらざる友は得難いものだ。
It's hard to find friends that don't change over time.