Japanese edit

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3

Grade: S
kun’yomi

Compound of (ki, putting on, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of verb 着る kiru, “to put on”) +‎ 替える (kaeru, to substitute).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

()()える (kikaeruきかへる (kikaferu)?ichidan (stem ()() (kikae), past ()()えた (kikaeta))

  1. to change clothes
Conjugation edit

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
か > が
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Compound of (ki, putting on, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of verb 着る kiru, “to put on”) +‎ 替える (kaeru, to substitute). The kaeru changes to gaeru as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation edit

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "着替える"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
着替える がえ [kìgáéꜜrù]
Imperative (命令形) 着替えろ がえ [kìgáéꜜrò]
Key constructions
Passive 着替えられる がえられ [kìgáéráréꜜrù]
Causative 着替えさせる がえさせ [kìgáésáséꜜrù]
Potential 着替えられる がえられ [kìgáéráréꜜrù]
Volitional 着替えよう がえよ [kìgáéyóꜜò]
Negative 着替えない がえない [kìgáéꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 着替えなかった がえなかった [kìgáéꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 着替えます がえま [kìgáémáꜜsù]
Perfective 着替えた えた [kìgáꜜètà]
Conjunctive 着替えて えて [kìgáꜜètè]
Hypothetical conditional 着替えれば がえれば [kìgáéꜜrèbà]

Verb edit

()()える (kigaeruichidan (stem ()() (kigae), past ()()えた (kigaeta))

  1. to change clothes
Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN