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Japanese
Pronunciation
- Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「代わる」
| Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
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| Stem forms
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Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
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代わる
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かわる
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| Imperative (命令形)
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代われ
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かわれ
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| Key constructions
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| Passive
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代わられる
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かわられる
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| Causative
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代わらせる
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かわらせる
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| Potential
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代われる
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かわれる
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| Volitional
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代わろう
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かわろー
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| Negative
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代わらない
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かわらない
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| Negative perfective
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代わらなかった
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かわらなかった
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| Formal
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代わります
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かわります
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| Perfective
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代わった
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かわった
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| Conjunctive
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代わって
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かわって
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| Hypothetical conditional
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代われば
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かわれば
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Verb
代わる • (kawaru) ←かはる (kafaru)?intransitive godan (stem 代わり (kawari), past 代わった (kawatta))
- substitute, be substituted for, be substituted for a person, take the place of
- 機械が人力に代わる
- kikai ga jinryoku ni kawaru
- machinery takes the place of human labor
Conjugation
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
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| Mizenkei ("imperfective")
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代わら
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かわら
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kawara
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| Ren’yōkei ("continuative")
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代わり
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かわり
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kawari
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| Shūshikei ("terminal")
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代わる
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かわる
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kawaru
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| Rentaikei ("attributive")
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代わる
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かわる
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kawaru
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| Kateikei ("hypothetical")
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代われ
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かわれ
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kaware
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| Meireikei ("imperative")
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代われ
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かわれ
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kaware
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| Key constructions
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| Passive
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代わられる
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かわられる
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kawarareru
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| Causative
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代わらせる
代わらす
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かわらせる
かわらす
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kawaraseru
kawarasu
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| Potential
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代われる
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かわれる
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kawareru
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| Volitional
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代わろう
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かわろう
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kawarō
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| Negative
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代わらない
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かわらない
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kawaranai
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| Negative continuative
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代わらず
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かわらず
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kawarazu
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| Formal
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代わります
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かわります
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kawarimasu
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| Perfective
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代わった
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かわった
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kawatta
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| Conjunctive
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代わって
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かわって
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kawatte
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| Hypothetical conditional
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代われば
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かわれば
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kawareba
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Derived terms
Derived terms
- 代わり (kawari, “substitute, replacement”)
- 代わり (-gawari, “substitute”)
- 代わる代わる (kawarugawaru, “alternately, by turns”)
- …に代わって (…ni kawatte, “in place of…”)
- 入れ代わる (irekawaru, “change places, relieve one another”)
- 成り代わる (narikawaru, “do in place of or on behalf of”)
- 取って代わる (tottekawaru, “supplant, supersede”)
Related terms
- 代える (kaeru, “substitute, use in place of”)
- 替わる (kawaru, “be replaced, change places with”)
- 換わる (kawaru, “be exchanged, become interchanged”)
- 変わる (kawaru, “change, undergo change”)
References
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō
- ^ 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