| term | pronunciation | English |
|---|
| 変わる | かわる | to change |
| 変化 | へんか | change (noun) |
| 変える | かえる | to change, to alter, to vary |
| 変 | へん | strange, odd, peculiar |
| 変更 | へんこう | change, modification, alteration |
| 大変です | たいへんですね | “that’s too bad” |
| 大変 | たいへん | awful, dreadful, terrible, very |
| 可変抵抗器 | かへんていこうき | rheostat |
| 地殻変動 | ちかくへんどう | change in earth's crust |
| 変わった | かわった | another, different, various, particular, unusual, novel, peculiar |
| 変わらない | かわらない | constant, invariant |
| 変則 | へんそく | irregularity |
| 変動 | へんどう | change, fluctuation |
| 変哲 | へんてつ | unusual |
| 変哲も無い | へんてつもない | usual, mediocre, monotonous |
| 変幻 | へんげん | transformation |
| 変換 | へんかん | change, conversion, transformation, translation |
| 変遷 | へんせん | change, transition, vicissitudes |
| 変革 | へんかく | change, reform, revolution, upheaval; Reformation |
| 激変 | げきへん | sudden change, upheaval |
| 異変 | いへん | accident, disaster |
| 肝硬変 | かんこうへん | cirrhosis of the liver |
| 臨機応変 | りんきおうへん | adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment, playing it by ear, ad hoc |
| 逓降変圧器 | ていこうへんあつき | step-down transformer |