かえる

Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of かえる – see the following entries.

【蛙】H [noun] a frog (amphibious animal) Alternative spellings 蝦, カエル

【換える】 [verb] exchange, change for

【替える】 [verb] substitute, replace

【代える】 [verb] substitute, use in place of, replace with, replace something with another

【変える】 [verb] to change, to make different [verb] to move or shift to a different time or place

【帰る】 [verb] to go home, return [verb] to leave, walk away [verb] (baseball) to get to home plate Alternative spelling 還る

【孵る】 [verb] hatch (emerge from an egg)

【返る】 [verb] to return, go back [verb] to reverse, turn over [verb] to move in the opposite direction [verb] to interchange front and back [verb] to change color, fade [verb] (of a year) to renew [verb] (by extension) to start over [verb] suffixed to the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of a verb: [verb] to [verb] completely [verb] to [verb] over and over or repeatedly

【反る】 [verb] come back

(This term, かえる, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as かえる, see Category:Japanese kanji read as かえる.)

(The following entry is uncreated: 易える.)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かえる [kàérú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠e̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

かえる • (kaeru) 

1. potential form of かう (kau) [godan]