変える

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
變える (kyūjitai)
See also かふ

Etymology

From Old Japanese かふ (kapu), in the 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, lower bigrade conjugation) pattern.

Cognate with ()える (kaeru), ()える (kaeru) and ()える (kaeru).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

Japanese verb pair
active 変える
mediopassive 変わる
  1. to change, to make different
    (きょう)(かい)()えられる
    Kyōkai wa kaerareru.
    Borders are changeable.
    (みず)(こう)(おん)によって(じょう)()()えられる
    Mizu wa kōon ni yotte jōki ni kaerareru.
    Water is changed into vapor by high temperature.
  2. to move or shift to a different time or place
    ()(しょ)()える
    basho o kaeru
    move somewhere else

Conjugation

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
  1. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō
  2. ^ 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