JLPT N1Kanji compounds
変遷
Readingへんせんhensen
- Meaning
- 時の流れに従って移り変わっていくこと
- Explanation
- 「変遷 (へんせん)」 is the gradual change of things over the passage of time, used as in 「制度の変遷 (the changes of a system)」. Unlike c3 "to replace completely," 変遷 expresses a gradual, step-by-step transition. It also differs from c4 "to change suddenly and greatly" (sudden change); its characteristic is that it refers to change over a long time span.
- Examples
- 制度の変遷
Original Japanese explanation
「変遷（へんせん）」は時の流れに従って物事が次第に移り変わっていくことで、「制度の変遷」のように使う。c3の「完全に取り替える」とは違い、変遷は段階を踏んだ緩やかな推移を表す。c4の「急に大きく変わる」急変とも異なり、長い時間軸での変化を指す点が特徴である。
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