"変える" meaning in Japanese

See 変える in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [ka̠e̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]
Etymology: From Old Japanese かふ (kapu), in the 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”) pattern. Development Natural progression from Old and Classical Japanese 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”) verbs ending in -u to modern Japanese 下一段活用 (shimo ichidan katsuyō, “lower monograde conjugation”) verbs ending in -eru. Cognate with 替(か)える (kaeru), 代(か)える (kaeru) and 換(か)える (kaeru). Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|かふ|sort=かえる|t=|tr=kapu}} Old Japanese かふ (kapu), {{m|ja|下二段活用|t=lower bigrade conjugation|tr=shimo nidan katsuyō}} 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”), {{m|ja|下二段活用||lower bigrade conjugation|tr=shimo nidan katsuyō}} 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”), {{m|ja|下一段活用||lower monograde conjugation|tr=shimo ichidan katsuyō}} 下一段活用 (shimo ichidan katsuyō, “lower monograde conjugation”), {{ja-r|替える|かえる}} 替(か)える (kaeru), {{ja-r|代える|かえる}} 代(か)える (kaeru), {{ja-r|換える|かえる}} 換(か)える (kaeru) Head templates: {{ja-verb|かえる|hhira=かへる|tr=trans|type=2}} 変(か)える • (kaeru) ^(←かへる (kaferu)?)transitive ichidan (stem 変(か)え (kae), past 変(か)えた (kaeta)) Forms: 変える [canonical] (ruby: ()), kaeru [romanization], kaferu [romanization], 変え [stem] (ruby: ()), 変えた [past] (ruby: ()), no-table-tags [table-tags], 変え [error-unrecognized-form], かえ [error-unrecognized-form], kae [error-unrecognized-form], 変える [error-unrecognized-form], かえる [error-unrecognized-form], kaeru [error-unrecognized-form], 変えれ [error-unrecognized-form], かえれ [error-unrecognized-form], kaere [error-unrecognized-form], 変えよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], 変えろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], かえよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], かえろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], kaeyo [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], kaero [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], 変えられる [passive], かえられる [passive], kaerareru [passive], 変えさせる [causative], 変えさす [causative], かえさせる [causative], かえさす [causative], kaesaseru [causative], kaesasu [causative], 変えられる [potential], 変えれる [colloquial, potential], かえられる [potential], かえれる [colloquial, potential], kaerareru [potential], kaereru [colloquial, potential], 変えよう [volitional], かえよう [volitional], kaeyō [volitional], 変えない [negative], 変えぬ [negative], 変えん [negative], かえない [negative], かえぬ [negative], かえん [negative], kaenai [negative], kaenu [negative], kaen [negative], 変えず [continuative, negative], かえず [continuative, negative], kaezu [continuative, negative], 変えます [formal], かえます [formal], kaemasu [formal], 変えた [perfective], かえた [perfective], kaeta [perfective], 変えて [conjunctive], かえて [conjunctive], kaete [conjunctive], 変えれば [conditional, hypothetical], かえれば [conditional, hypothetical], kaereba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. to change, to make different
    Sense id: en-変える-ja-verb-wIbTH8ug Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 47 53 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 46 54 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 46 54 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 48 52 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 46 54
  2. to move or shift to a different time or place
    Sense id: en-変える-ja-verb-ds9vYAw9 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 47 53 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 46 54 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 46 54 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 48 52 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 46 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 変わる (kawaru) (ruby: ()) (english: to change)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for 変える meaning in Japanese (10.6kB)

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      "form": "かえられる",
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      "form": "変えさせる",
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      "form": "変えさす",
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      "form": "かえさせる",
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      "form": "かえさす",
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      "form": "変えない",
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      "form": "変えぬ",
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      "form": "変えん",
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      "form": "かえない",
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      "form": "かえぬ",
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      "form": "変えます",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "to change",
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        {
          "english": "Borders are changeable.",
          "roman": "Kyōkai wa kaerareru.",
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            [
              "界",
              "かい"
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            [
              "変",
              "か"
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          "text": "境界は変えられる。"
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        {
          "english": "Water is changed into vapor by high temperature.",
          "roman": "Mizu wa kōon ni yotte jōki ni kaerareru.",
          "ruby": [
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              "水",
              "みず"
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              "高",
              "こう"
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              "温",
              "おん"
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              "蒸",
              "じょう"
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            [
              "気",
              "き"
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            [
              "変",
              "か"
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          "text": "水は高温によって蒸気に変えられる。"
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        {
          "english": "move somewhere else",
          "roman": "basho o kaeru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "場",
              "ば"
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            [
              "所",
              "しょ"
            ],
            [
              "変",
              "か"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "場所を変える"
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        "to move or shift to a different time or place"
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      "links": [
        [
          "move",
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          "shift",
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "かえる"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ka̠e̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "変える"
}
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    "Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms written with one Han script character",
    "Japanese transitive verbs",
    "Japanese type 2 verbs",
    "Japanese verbs"
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        "sort": "かえる",
        "t": "",
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    },
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          "か"
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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      "form": "kaeru",
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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      "form": "変えれ",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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      "form": "かえれ",
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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      "form": "kaere",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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      "form": "変えよ",
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      "form": "kaero",
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      "form": "変えられる",
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      ]
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    {
      "form": "かえられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaerareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "変えさせる",
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      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "変えさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かえさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かえさす",
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        "causative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "kaesaseru",
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        "causative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "kaesasu",
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      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "変えられる",
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        "potential"
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      "form": "変えれる",
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      "form": "かえられる",
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      "form": "かえれる",
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      "form": "kaerareru",
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      "form": "kaereru",
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    {
      "form": "変えよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "かえよう",
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "kaeyō",
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    {
      "form": "変えない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "変えぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "変えん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かえない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かえぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かえん",
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      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaenai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaenu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "変えず",
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      "form": "かえず",
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    {
      "form": "kaezu",
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "変えます",
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    {
      "form": "かえます",
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        "formal"
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      "form": "kaemasu",
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      "form": "かえた",
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    {
      "form": "kaeta",
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      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "変えて",
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      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "かえて",
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        "conjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "kaete",
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      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
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      "form": "変えれば",
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      "form": "かえれば",
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      "form": "kaereba",
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  "related": [
    {
      "english": "to change",
      "roman": "kawaru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "変",
          "か"
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      "word": "変わる"
    }
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          "english": "Borders are changeable.",
          "roman": "Kyōkai wa kaerareru.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "境",
              "きょう"
            ],
            [
              "界",
              "かい"
            ],
            [
              "変",
              "か"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "境界は変えられる。"
        },
        {
          "english": "Water is changed into vapor by high temperature.",
          "roman": "Mizu wa kōon ni yotte jōki ni kaerareru.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "水",
              "みず"
            ],
            [
              "高",
              "こう"
            ],
            [
              "温",
              "おん"
            ],
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              "じょう"
            ],
            [
              "気",
              "き"
            ],
            [
              "変",
              "か"
            ]
          ],
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        "to change, to make different"
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          "english": "move somewhere else",
          "roman": "basho o kaeru",
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              "場",
              "ば"
            ],
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              "所",
              "しょ"
            ],
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              "変",
              "か"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "場所を変える"
        }
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        "to move or shift to a different time or place"
      ],
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        [
          "move",
          "move"
        ],
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        ]
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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "かえる"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ka̠e̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
  ],
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}
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  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "変える",
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  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "変える",
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}

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  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "変える",
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}

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  "path": [
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  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "変える",
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}

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  "path": [
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  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
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}

{
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  "path": [
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  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "変える",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "path": [
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  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
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  "trace": ""
}

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  "path": [
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  "section": "Japanese",
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  "title": "変える",
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}

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