もちかえる

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings
持ち帰る
持帰る (dated)

From () (mochi, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb () (motsu, to take)) + (かえ) (kaeru, to return).

Pronunciation

Verb

もちかえる (mochikaeruもちかへる (motikaferu)?godan (stem もちかえり (mochikaeri), past もちかえった (mochikaetta))

  1. (transitive) to take home; to take with one
    ゴミ()(かえ)
    gomi o mochikaeru
    to take home one's own trash
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Alternative spellings
持ち替える
持替える (dated)

From () (mochi, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb () (motsu, to take)) + ()える (kaeru, to replace).

Pronunciation

Verb

もちかえる (mochikaeruもちかへる (motikaferu)?ichidan (stem もちかえ (mochikae), past もちかえた (mochikaeta))

  1. (transitive) to shift from one hand to the other
Conjugation

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN