Illustration: Outside a Japanese house, a homeowner rolls fresh paint over a weathered wooden garden gate. The gate's remaining old coating is visibly chipped and faded, while the newly covered section is smooth; the roller crosses the boundary between them in one broad pass.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

塗ぬり替かえる

nurikaeru

to repaint

Example sentences

  1. 橋はしは塗ぬり替かえ中ちゅうである。

    The bridge is being repainted.

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  2. その家いえは5年ねんごとに塗ぬり替かえられる。

    The house gets painted every five years.

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  3. その後ご、西部講堂せいぶこうどうの大屋根おおやねは何度なんどか塗ぬり替かえられたが、オリオンの三みツ星ぼしは、今いまも健在けんざいである。

    The large roof of Seibu Kodo Hall has been repainted several times since then, but Orion’s three stars are still there.

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Kanji in 塗替

  • 塗paint; plasterOnトKunぬる・ぬり・まみれる
  • 替exchange; spareOnタイKunかえる・かえ-・かわる

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