転化

See also: 轉化

Japanese

Kanji in this term
転	化
てん Grade: 3	か Grade: 3
on'yomi	kan'on

Alternative spelling
轉化 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Coined by Japanese philosopher Inoue Tetsujirō in 1881 in his work 哲学字彙 (Tetsugaku Jii, “Dictionary of Philosophy”) as a translation of English becoming, based on the phrase 轉化推移，得一之道，而以少正多 in the Huainanzi (《淮南子》).^[1]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) てんか [tèńká] (Heiban – [0])^[2][3][4]
• (Tokyo) てんか [téꜜǹkà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2][3][4]
• IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ŋka̠]

Noun

転(てん)化(か) • (tenka) ^{←てんくわ (tenkwa)?}

1. change, conversion, transformation

   Synonym: 変化 (henka)

2. (chemistry) inversion
3. (philosophy) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Derived terms

• 転(てん)化(か)糖(とう) (tenkatō)
• 相(そう)互(ご)転(てん)化(か) (sōgo tenka)

Verb

転(てん)化(か)する • (tenka suru) ^{←てんくわ (tenkwa)?}intransitive suru (stem 転(てん)化(か)し (tenka shi), past 転(てん)化(か)した (tenka shita))

1. to change, to transform

   Synonyms: 変化する (henka suru), 変わる (kawaru)

2. (chemistry) to invert
3. (philosophy) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
   • 1927, Kiyoshi Miki, Yuibutshu-shikan to Gendai no Ishiki‎:

     けだし一(いつ)切(さい)の存(そん)在(ざい)は歴(れき)史(し)的(てき)であり、歴(れき)史(し)的(てき)なる存(そん)在(ざい)は凡(すべ)て我(われ)々(われ)を解(かい)放(はう)することから我(われ)々(われ)を壓(あつ)迫(ぱく)することにまで必(ひつ)然(ぜん)的(てき)に轉(てん)化(くわ)する矛(む)盾(じゆん)の存(そん)在(ざい)である。

     Kedashi issai no sonzai wa rekishiteki de ari, rekishiteki naru sonzai wa subete wareware o kaihō suru koto kara wareware o appaku suru koto ni made hitsuzenteki ni tenka suru mujun no sonzai de aru.

     In my opinion, all existence is historical, and all historical existence is inconsistent, inevitably turning from something that liberates us to something that oppresses us.

Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	転化し	てんかし	tenka shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	転化し	てんかし	tenka shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	転化する	てんかする	tenka suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	転化する	てんかする	tenka suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	転化すれ	てんかすれ	tenka sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	転化せよ¹ 転化しろ²	てんかせよ¹ てんかしろ²	tenka seyo¹ tenka shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	転化される	てんかされる	tenka sareru
Causative	転化させる 転化さす	てんかさせる てんかさす	tenka saseru tenka sasu
Potential	転化できる	てんかできる	tenka dekiru
Volitional	転化しよう	てんかしよう	tenka shiyō
Negative	転化しない	てんかしない	tenka shinai
Negative continuative	転化せず	てんかせず	tenka sezu
Formal	転化します	てんかします	tenka shimasu
Perfective	転化した	てんかした	tenka shita
Conjunctive	転化して	てんかして	tenka shite
Hypothetical conditional	転化すれば	てんかすれば	tenka sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Conjugation of "転化する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

References

1. Inoue, Tetsujirō (1881) 哲学字彙‎, University of Tokyo, page 10
2. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
4. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN