変わり身

Japanese
Kanji in this term
変 身
か
Grade: 4		 み
Grade: 3
Alternative spellings
變わり身 (kyūjitai)
変り身
替身 (rare)

Etymology

Compound of 変わり (kawari, “change, changing”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 変わる (kawaru, “to change”, intransitive)) +‎ 身 (mi, “body”).[1][2][3][4]

First cited in 1957.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

変(か)わり身(み) • (kawarimi) ←かはりみ (kafarimi)?

  1. [date uncertain] (sumo, martial arts) a quick shift of position
  2. [from 1957] flexibility in adapting one's words and deeds to changing circumstances

References
  1. “替身”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. “変り身”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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