Japanese

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Etymology

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
kun'yomi

From Old Japanese かふ (kapu), in the 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, lower bigrade conjugation) pattern.

Cognate with ()える (kaeru), ()える (kaeru) and ()える (kaeru).

Pronunciation

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  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「代える
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
代える える [kàérú]
Imperative (命令形) 代えろ えろ [kàéró]
Key constructions
Passive 代えられる えられる [kàérárérú]
Causative 代えさせる えさせる [kàésásérú]
Potential 代えられる えられる [kàérárérú]
Volitional 代えよう えよ [kàéyóꜜò]
Negative 代えない えない [kàénáí]
Negative perfective 代えなかった えなかった [kàénáꜜkàttà]
Formal 代えます えま [kàémáꜜsù]
Perfective 代えた えた [kàétá]
Conjunctive 代えて えて [kàété]
Hypothetical conditional 代えれば えれ [kàéréꜜbà]

Verb

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()える (kaeruかへる (kaferu)?transitive ichidan (stem () (kae), past ()えた (kaeta))

Japanese verb pair
active 代える
mediopassive 代わる
  1. substitute, use in place of, replace with, replace something with another
    B(ビー)さんをA(エー)さんに()える
    bī-san o ē-san ni kaeru
    Substitute Mr. A for Mr. B

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō
  2. ^ 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