変える
Japanese
Kanji in this term |
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変 |
か Grade: 4 |
kun’yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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變える (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
Cognate with 替える (kaeru), 代える (kaeru) and 換える (kaeru).
Pronunciation
- Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "変える"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary | |||
Stem forms | |||
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Terminal (終止形) Attributive (連体形) |
変える | かえる | [kàérú] |
Imperative (命令形) | 変えろ | かえろ | [kàéró] |
Key constructions | |||
Passive | 変えられる | かえられる | [kàérárérú] |
Causative | 変えさせる | かえさせる | [kàésásérú] |
Potential | 変えられる | かえられる | [kàérárérú] |
Volitional | 変えよう | かえよー | [kàéyóꜜò] |
Negative | 変えない | かえない | [kàénáí] |
Negative perfective | 変えなかった | かえなかった | [kàénáꜜkàttà] |
Formal | 変えます | かえます | [kàémáꜜsù] |
Perfective | 変えた | かえた | [kàétá] |
Conjunctive | 変えて | かえて | [kàété] |
Hypothetical conditional | 変えれば | かえれば | [kàéréꜜbà] |
Verb
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Japanese verb pair | |
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active | 変える |
mediopassive | 変わる |
- to change, to make different
- to move or shift to a different time or place
- 場所を変える
- basho o kaeru
- move somewhere else
- 場所を変える
Conjugation
Conjugation of "変える" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
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Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 変え | かえ | kae | |
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 変え | かえ | kae | |
Shūshikei ("terminal") | 変える | かえる | kaeru | |
Rentaikei ("attributive") | 変える | かえる | kaeru | |
Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 変えれ | かえれ | kaere | |
Meireikei ("imperative") | 変えよ¹ 変えろ² |
かえよ¹ かえろ² |
kaeyo¹ kaero² | |
Key constructions | ||||
Passive | 変えられる | かえられる | kaerareru | |
Causative | 変えさせる 変えさす |
かえさせる かえさす |
kaesaseru kaesasu | |
Potential | 変えられる 変えれる³ |
かえられる かえれる³ |
kaerareru kaereru³ | |
Volitional | 変えよう | かえよう | kaeyō | |
Negative | 変えない 変えぬ 変えん |
かえない かえぬ かえん |
kaenai kaenu kaen | |
Negative continuative | 変えず | かえず | kaezu | |
Formal | 変えます | かえます | kaemasu | |
Perfective | 変えた | かえた | kaeta | |
Conjunctive | 変えて | かえて | kaete | |
Hypothetical conditional | 変えれば | かえれば | kaereba | |
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential |
Stem forms | |||
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Irrealis (未然形) | 変へ | かへ | kafe |
Continuative (連用形) | 変へ | かへ | kafe |
Terminal (終止形) | 変ふ | かふ | kafu |
Attributive (連体形) | 変ふる | かふる | kafuru |
Realis (已然形) | 変ふれ | かふれ | kafure |
Imperative (命令形) | 変へよ | かへよ | kafeyo |
Key constructions | |||
Negative | 変へず | かへず | kafezu |
Contrasting conjunction | 変ふれど | かふれど | kafuredo |
Causal conjunction | 変ふれば | かふれば | kafureba |
Conditional conjunction | 変へば | かへば | kafeba |
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) | 変へき | かへき | kafeki |
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) | 変へけり | かへけり | kafekeri |
Perfect tense (conscious action) | 変へつ | かへつ | kafetu |
Perfect tense (natural event) | 変へぬ | かへぬ | kafenu |
Perfect-continuative tense | 変へたり | かへたり | kafetari |
Volitional | 変へむ | かへむ | kafemu |
Related terms
References
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
- ^ 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