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Yomi
かんぜんへんたい
Rōmaji
kanzen hentai
Type
idiom, formal
Literal Meaning
complete hentai
Meaning
complete metamorphosis
Antonym
不完全変態
Additional Info
Oddly enough, 変態 (hentai) means “metamorphosis” in an academic context. See the related post to learn various and unknown meanings of hentai in Japanese
Example
蝶は完全変態をする昆虫だ
A butterfly is an insect that undergoes complete metamorphosis.