代える

Japanese

代える (transitive, ichidan conjugation, hiragana かえる, rōmaji kaeru)

substitute, use in place of, replace with, replace something with another
B (ビー)さんをA (エー)さんに代 (か)える
bī-san o ē-san ni kaeru
Substitute Mr. A for Mr. B

Conjugation of "代える" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	代え	かえ	kae
Continuative (連用形)	代え	かえ	kae
Terminal (終止形)	代える	かえる	kaeru
Attributive (連体形)	代える	かえる	kaeru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	代えれ	かえれ	kaere
Imperative (命令形)	代えよ¹ 代えろ²	かえよ¹ かえろ²	kaeyo¹ kaero²
Key constructions
Passive	代えられる	かえられる	kaerareru
Causative	代えさせる代えさす	かえさせるかえさす	kaesaseru kaesasu
Potential	代えられる代えれる³	かえられるかえれる³	kaerareru kaereru³
Volitional	代えよう	かえよう	kaeyō
Negative	代えない代えぬ代えん	かえないかえぬかえん	kaenai kaenu kaen
Negative continuative	代えず	かえず	kaezu
Formal	代えます	かえます	kaemasu
Perfective	代えた	かえた	kaeta
Conjunctive	代えて	かえて	kaete
Hypothetical conditional	代えれば	かえれば	kaereba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential

着 (き)せ代 (か)える (kisekaeru): change clothes on a doll
背 (せ)に腹 ()は代 (らはか)えられない (se ni hara wa kaerarenai), 背 (せ)に腹 ()は代 (らはか)えられぬ (se ni hara wa kaerarenu): not able to escape an urgent problem without making some sacrifice

↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
↑ 1974, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō

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