変わる

かわる · kawaru · JLPT N4 · verb-godan

to change

🦋 kawaru: the car (ka) wears (waru) out — over time, it changes by itself

変わる is the intransitive partner of 変える (kaeru, to change something). The -aru ending marks things that change on their own, like 始まる or 終わる. The kanji 変 means change or strange, as in 大変 and 変化.

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