変貌

へんぼう
transfiguration

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へんぼう【変貌】

◇～する［させる］

**change

|自|〖S〗〖D〗 (人・物・事が)変る， 変化［変容， 変貌］する， 〔…から/…に〕変る〔from/to， into〕

change (from a shy person) into a fine statesman (内気な人間から)堂々たる政治家に変貌する

transfigure

|他|《正式》…の外観を変える

*transform

|他|〖D〗 〖S〗…を〔…から/…に〕変質させる〔from/into， to〕.

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へんぼう【変貌】

(a) transfiguration; (a) transformation; a metamorphosis 《pl. -phoses》.

～する transfigure; be transfigured; (come to) look different 《from what it used to be》.

●駅前は再開発が進み, 日々変貌し続けている. The area in front of the station is being redeveloped, and it's changing shape from day to day.

・戦後の経済発展は日本の農村を大きく変貌させた. Postwar economic development (greatly) transformed Japan's agricultural communities.

●人の変貌 the transfiguration of a person

・景観の変貌 the transformation of a scene

・めまぐるしい変貌 a breathtaking transformation.

●変貌著しい京都の町並み the drastically transformed townscape of Kyoto.

●町の変貌が著しかった. The town was vastly transformed. | The transformation of the town was wide-ranging.

●完全な変貌を遂げる undergo a complete transfiguration [metamorphosis, change].

・この小国は今, 国際政治の中心へと変貌を遂げつつある. This small country is now about to be transformed into an international political center.