変態

変態

Japanese

Kanji in this term
変	態
へん Grade: 4	たい Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hẽ̞nta̠i]

Noun

変態 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 變態, hiragana へんたい, rōmaji hentai)

1. metamorphosis, transformation

   かぶとむしは完 (かん)全 (ぜん)変態 (へんたい)する昆 (こん)虫 (ちゅう)だ。

   Kabutomushi wa kanzen hentai suru konchū da.

   Beetles are insects with complete metamorphosis.

2. abnormality
3. pervert

   この変態 (へんたい)！

   Kono hentai!

   You pervert!

   • 2005 November 9, Watsuki, Nobuhiro, “第だい75話わ　突とつ入にゅう ニュートンアップル女じょ学がく院いん [Chapter 75: Breaking into the Girls’ Academy of Newton Apple]”, in 武ブ装ソウ錬レン金キン [Armed Alchemy], volume 9, Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 36:

     くそう　俺 (おれ)達 (たち)ここでは変 (へん)態 (たい)以 (い)下 (か)か！

     Kusō Oretachi koko de wa hentai ika ka!

     Damn it! Are you telling me we’re worse than perverts in this place⁉

Synonyms

• (pervert): (male) 紳 (しん)士 (し) (shinshi), (female) 淑女 (しゅくじょ) (shukujo)

Derived terms

• 変態心理 (へんたいしんり) (hentai shinri)
• 変態性欲 (へんたいせいよく) (hentai seiyoku)
• 変態的 (へんたいてき) (hentaiteki)
• エッチ (etchi)

Descendants

• English: hentai
• Indonesian: hentai

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.