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JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

切きり替かえ

kirikae

switch, changeover

Example sentences

  1. この間かんはおよそ0.5秒程度びょうていどであり、乗客じょうきゃくが切替きりかえを感知かんちすることはほとんどない。

    It takes approx. 0.5 second to make the switching, and almost no passengers notice that the switching operation was performed.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. また、定期券機能付ていきけんきのうつき⇔定期券機能ていきけんきのうなしの切きり替かえ手数料てすうりょうは不要ふようである。

    There is no handling fee to change an ordinary ICOCA to one with the commuter pass function or vice versa.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 陸軍りくぐんはこれを村田銃むらたじゅうと命名めいめいして全軍ぜんぐんの小銃しょうじゅうの切きり替かえを進すすめた。

    The Army named it the Murata rifle and they replaced conventional ones in the entire Army.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 切替

  • 切cutOnセツ・サイKunきる・きり・きれる
  • 替exchange; spareOnタイKunかえる・かえ-・かわる

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