変動
Meanings
Noun
Suru verb
Intransitive verb
1. change; fluctuation
Kanji used
Pitch accent
へんどう
Used in vocabulary
地殻変動
diastrophism (movement and deformation of the earth's crust); upheaval (e.g. in politics); seismic shift; earthshaking changes
Noun
Examples7
人口
The population remains stationary.
炭素
The differing volumes of carbon emissions are plotted in the graph below.
育児
Child-care leave and time off to care for the aged are needed in order to respond to demographic changes now taking place in Japan.
この
This country has an even temperature throughout the year.
世界
The shifting pattern of world trade is made clear in the following table.
消費者
The consumer price index has been fluctuating wildly.