着替える

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3

Grade: S
kun'yomi

Compound of (ki, putting on, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of verb 着る kiru, “to put on”) +‎ 替える (kaeru, to substitute).

Pronunciation

Verb

()()える (kikaeruきかへる (kikaferu)?ichidan (stem ()() (kikae), past ()()えた (kikaeta))

  1. to change clothes
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
か > が
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Compound of (ki, putting on, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of verb 着る kiru, “to put on”) +‎ 替える (kaeru, to substitute). The kaeru changes to gaeru as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「着替える
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
着替える がえ
Imperative (命令形) 着替えろ がえ
Key constructions
Passive 着替えられる がえられ
Causative 着替えさせる がえさせ
Potential 着替えられる がえられ
Volitional 着替えよう がえよ
Negative 着替えない がえない
Negative perfective 着替えなかった がえなかった
Formal 着替えます がえま
Perfective 着替えた えた
Conjunctive 着替えて えて
Hypothetical conditional 着替えれば がえれば

Verb

()()える (kigaeruichidan (stem ()() (kigae), past ()()えた (kigaeta))

  1. to change clothes
Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN