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変える
変える
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 変 |
|
か Grade: 4 |
| kun'yomi |
See also 変わる
Verb
変える (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 變える, transitive, ichidan conjugation, hiragana かえる, romaji kaeru, historical hiragana かへる)
- 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.)
| Stem forms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 変え | かえ | kae | |
| Continuative (連用形) | 変え | かえ | kae | |
| Terminal (終止形) | 変える | かえる | kaeru | |
| Attributive (連体形) | 変える | かえる | kaeru | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 変えれ | かえれ | kaere | |
| Imperative (命令形) | 変えよ¹ 変えろ² |
かえよ¹ かえろ² |
kaeyo¹ kaero² |
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| 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 |
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| Potential | 変えられる 変えれる³ |
かえられる かえれる³ |
kaerareru kaereru³ |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | ||||
Related terms
References
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.