変わり身 (かわりみ)change of attitude (stance, position); lightness of foot; ability to dodge out of the way of an attack
- change of attitude (stance, position)noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- lightness of foot; ability to dodge out of the way of an attacknoun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Kanji in 変わり身
- 変Unusual; Change; StrangeRead with its kun'yomi here · JLPT N3
- 身Somebody; Person; One's Station In LifeRead with its kun'yomi here
Words that share its kanji
- 変化へんかchange; variation
- 変わったかわったunusual; abnormal
- 大変たいへんvery; greatly
- 変わらないかわらないconstant; invariant
- 変わるかわるto change; to be transformed
- 変更へんこうchange; modification
- 変動へんどうchange; fluctuation
- 変革へんかくchange; transformation
- 出身しゅっしんperson's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
- 自身じしん(one's) self; oneself
- 身みbody
- 中身なかみcontents; interior
- 全身ぜんしんwhole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait)
- 身長しんちょうheight (of body); stature
- 出身者しゅっしんしゃalumnus (alumnae); graduate
- 単身たんしんalone; unaided
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