Pervert - Hentai

Japanese: 変態 - へんたい

〘noun〙① To change appearance or shape. Also, that shape. ※Suga-ke Bunso (c. 900) II. Early Spring Banquet, Shijinjuden, same fushunwa mukiryoku "Hentai tsufun" ※Kaido-ki (c. 1223) Kisegawa from Kambara "The fairy's metamorphosis was like that of a willow tree, according to an old tale" [Sima Sono - Zi Xu Fu]② Something that is different from the normal state. Also, that state. ※Oranda Tensetsu (1795) "Four or five farmers from Aguchimura, Niimi, Bitchu, witness the monthly metamorphosis (hentai) " ③ In the individual development of multicellular animals, when the embryonic stage is over and they pass through a juvenile stage which has a different form, physiology, and ecology from the adult stage, the process of changing from a juvenile to a different stage of juvenile, or from a juvenile to an adult. ※Japanese Entomology (1898)〈Matsumura Matsutoshi〉Insect Metamorphosis "All insects change their form according to the season, and this is called metamorphosis." ④ The leaves, stems, roots, etc. of a plant take on a shape that is different from normal. For example, cacti have needle-like leaves. ⑤ Abnormal sexual behavior. Also, a person who has such a tendency. ※Time (1931)〈Yokomitsu Riichi〉"Yagi, a slightly perverted man who likes to collect women's belongings." ⑥ = Ten'i (transition) ④

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 様子・かたちを変えること。また、そのかたち。※菅家文草（900頃）二・早春内宴、侍仁寿殿、同賦春娃無気力「変態繽紛」※海道記（1223頃）蒲原より木瀬川「彼仙女が変態は柳の腰を昔語にきき」〔司馬相如‐子虚賦〕② 普通の状態と違うこと。また、そのさま。※和蘭天説（1795）「備中新見阿口村の農夫四五輩、月の変態(ヘンタイ)を見る」③ 多細胞動物の個体発生において、胚期終了後に、成体とは異なった形態・生理・生態を有する幼体をへる場合、幼体から別の段階の幼体へ、あるいは幼体から成体へ転換する過程。※日本昆虫学（1898）〈松村松年〉昆虫の変態「昆虫は総て時季によりて其形態を変す之を変態と云ふ」④ 植物の葉・茎・根などが普通と違った形になること。葉が針のようになっているサボテンなど。⑤ 正常でない性行動をすること。また、そのような傾向をもつ人。※時間（1931）〈横光利一〉「女の持物を集めたがる少し変態の八木」⑥ ＝てんい（転移）④

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