変動

へんどう · hendou · JLPT N1 · noun

change

🌊 へん (change) + どう (move) = change that keeps moving; sounds like 'hen-dough' rising and falling

変 means strange or altered, 動 means move or act. A 変動 is a shift that keeps moving up and down, like a wave or a stock price.

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