# 転化
## 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》).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) てんか [tèńká] (Heiban – [0])
* (Tokyo) てんか [téꜜǹkà] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [tẽ̞ŋka̠]

### Noun

転(てん)化(か) • (tenka)
* change, conversion, transformation
    Synonym: 変化 (henka)
* (chemistry) inversion
* (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) intransitive suru (stem 転(てん)化(か)し (tenka shi), past 転(てん)化(か)した (tenka shita))
* to change, to transform
    Synonyms: 変化する (henka suru), 変わる (kawaru)
* (chemistry) to invert
* (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 ||||

### References

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