換える

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
kun’yomi

From the classical lower bigrade verb(ハ行下二段活用) かふ. Cognate with ()える (kaeru), ()える (kaeru) and ()える (kaeru).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "換える"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
換える える [kàérú]
Imperative (命令形) 換えろ えろ [kàéró]
Key constructions
Passive 換えられる えられる [kàérárérú]
Causative 換えさせる えさせる [kàésásérú]
Potential 換えられる えられる [kàérárérú]
Volitional 換えよう えよ [kàéyóꜜò]
Negative 換えない えない [kàénáí]
Negative perfective 換えなかった えなかった [kàénáꜜkàttà]
Formal 換えます えま [kàémáꜜsù]
Perfective 換えた えた [kàétá]
Conjunctive 換えて えて [kàété]
Hypothetical conditional 換えれば えれ [kàéréꜜbà]

Verb

()える (kaeru) かへる (kaferu)?transitive ichidan (stem () (kae), past ()えた (kaeta))

Japanese verb pair
active 換える
mediopassive 換わる
  1. exchange, change for

Conjugation

References

  1. 1974, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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