Illustration: In a compact Japanese living room, a woman pushes one section of a modular sofa sideways, turning its straight arrangement into an L shape. The remaining sections stay in place, and shallow impressions in the rug reveal where the moved section stood. Her partner guides the far end with both hands.

JLPT N4verbLevel estimated by Bebop

変かえる

kaeru

to change

Example sentences

彼かれは話題わだいを変かえた。
He changed the topic of conversation.
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彼かれは仕事しごとを変かえた。
He changed his job.
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彼かれは決心けっしんを変かえた。
He changed his mind.
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Kanji in 変

変unusual; changeOnヘンKunかわる・かわり・かえる

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