Illustration: At a kitchen table in a Japanese home, an adult has opened the back of a wall clock and is pressing a fresh cylindrical battery into its compartment. The removed battery lies separately in a small collection cup beside the clock, and the fresh battery’s empty packaging is nearby.

JLPT N4verbLevel estimated by Bebop

替かえる

kaeru

to replace, to change

Used when replacing one thing with another. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. お花はなの水みずを替かえましょう。

    Shall I change the water for the flowers?

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  2. 部屋へやを替かえてください。

    Please change my room?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 席せきを替かえてほしいのですが。

    I’d like to change my seat.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 替

  • 替exchange; spareOnタイKunかえる・かえ-・かわる

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