変身

Etymology
Probably from as compound. Compare modern 🇨🇬.

First attested in Japanese in 1060.

Noun

 * 1)  a transformation of one's appearance
 * 2)  shapeshifting, a transformation of one's body, particularly of a human into some other creature or form
 * 3)  an appearance or body so transformed

Interjection

 * 1)  Transform!
 * A shout called out when metamorphising into one's powerful alter-ego. Found in  and fiction.

Verb

 * 1) to transform one's appearance
 * 2) to shapeshift, to transform physically into some other creature or form