機変

Reading

Kana: きへん

Romaji: kihen

Definition

noun

1

adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment; playing it by ear

See also: 臨機応変

Kanji

機

Readings: キ、 はた

Meanings: loom, mechanism, machine, airplane, opportunity, potency, efficacy, occasion

変

Readings: ヘン、 か.わる、 か.わり、 か.える

Meanings: unusual, change, strange