Meanings
Verb (5-dan, る, intransitive)
1. to change; to be transformed; to be altered; to vary
2. to move to
3. to be different; to be uncommon; to be unusual
usu. as 変わった, 変わっている
Kanji used
change
Pitch accent
わる
Top 300
Used in vocabulary (11 in total)
to be born again; to make a fresh start in life
to change one's mind
Examples (107 in total)
You've changed.
The meaning doesn't change.
Nothing has changed.
My opinion has changed.
Has the climate changed?
She says she wants to change.
What has changed since then?
You haven't changed at all.
It changed in an instant.
You've changed a lot.
The rain changed to snow.
You have changed quite a lot.
The world has changed.
Fashions change quickly.
He changed his address.
I shall not change my mind, no matter what happens.
The political situation has changed.
Water changes into steam.
Essentially, nothing has changed.
You've changed, Tom.
Public opinion began to change.
The world is changing every minute.
The scene shifted to Chicago.
The rain turned to hail.
The caterpillar turned into a butterfly.
My e-mail address has been changed.
The weather varies from day to day.
Have there been any changes?
There's something unusual about him.
It was a morning like any other.
His moods often change.
Has anything strange happened?
Do you think even the worst person can change?
He's changed a lot in his looks.
The face of the countryside has changed.
This area has changed completely.
The weather changes very often in England.
And history was changed forever.
The price varies with demand.
Will the fare change if I change the reservation?
The weather varies with seasons.
Beijing is changing with great speed.
The price of gold varies from day to day.
The social structure is not much different.
The exchange rates for foreign currency change daily.
I think he's a little strange.
She had changed so much that I couldn't recognize her.
It isn't any different from what I expected.
My attitude towards him changed.
She has totally changed her character.
He and I are almost the same height.
But now things have changed tremendously.
Your opinion is the same as mine.
No matter how much you complain, it's not going to change anything.
When I woke up this morning, the rain had turned into snow.
You often find that sympathy turns into love.
He moved to a good company that offered a good salary.
You've changed a lot since I first met you.
The leaves turn brown in the autumn.
The world has seen a lot of changes in many fields.
You've changed since I saw you last year.
The address is the same, but the telephone number has changed.
There are some strange animals in that zoo.
The leaves on the trees change color in the fall.
Beth is an odd girl who likes snakes.
The castle was transformed into a marvelous museum.
The typhoon became weaker and changed into a storm.
Patterns of married life are changing a lot.
The garden is turning into a wilderness.
The new industry transformed the town into a big city.
The guards change every three hours.
She has changed a lot since then.
The arrangements are subject to change without notice.
The Japanese economic system is about to change.
The snowshoe hare changes color in winter.
She has changed greatly since I last saw her.
I want to make it clear that I have not changed my mind.
She has changed a lot since high school.
I see life differently now.
The hat stood out because of its strange shape.
Their friendship gradually turned into love.
The odd custom is peculiar to the region.
The colors shade from yellow into green.
Because the traffic light turned red, he stopped his car.
I told the children to be quiet, but they just kept on being noisy.
The food in my country is not very different from that of Spain.
We postponed our picnic pending a change in the weather.
The breakfast menu hasn't changed for decades.
All of us stared at her; she had changed so much.
A new model came out, but the specs aren't much different.
We finally arrived at the ski hill... the snow had turned into rain.
That country is turning into a society with high education.
The Arabic script was replaced by the Roman alphabet.
I like to serve unusual foods at my dinner parties.
No matter how hard he tries, my opinion won't change.
He likes strange animals, like snakes.
It seems as if everything he touches turns to gold.
The process by which substances are turned directly from a solid state into a gas is called sublimation.
Private detectives were hired to look into the strange case.
The current low status of the elderly may be changing, however.
I don't think that TV will ever take the place of books.
The world will change in an instant.
The town has altered a lot in the last two years.
In ten years our town will change a lot.
In the course of the twentieth century all this changed.
That village has changed a lot from how it was 10 years ago.
It would be fun to see how things change over the years.