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組み替える (くみかえる) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Freq. Frequency Top 100,000 Conjugation Meanings 1
ichidan verb, transitive verb
rearrange ; reorganize ; recombine
Used for physically or systematically rearranging groups, sets, or components, such as classes, teams, schedules, or genetic sequences. The core idea is taking existing elements and putting them together in a new way.
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Crops with recombined genes are being developed.
Written forms 組く み 替か える Usage 20%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common form in news and general writing.
組くみ 換か える Usage 63%
Less common variant without the okurigana み, using 換.
組く み 換か える Usage 14%
Alternate spelling using 換 (exchange/convert); also widely seen.
組くみ 替か える Usage 2%
Less common variant without the okurigana み.
くみかえる Usage 1%
Kanji 組 association, braid, plait 替 exchange, spare, substitute 換 interchange, period, change Similar words 組く み 直なお す 組み直す means to reassemble or rebuild something from scratch, often after taking it apart, while 組み替える focuses on rearranging existing components into a new configuration without necessarily starting over.
再さい 編へん 成せい する 再編成する is a more formal term for reorganization, often used for large-scale restructuring of organizations or systems, whereas 組み替える is more concrete and can apply to smaller-scale physical or abstract rearrangements.
Etymology Compound of 組む (kumu, 'to assemble, put together') in its continuative form 組み (kumi) + 替える (kaeru, 'to change, replace'). The combination yields the meaning 'to reassemble by changing the arrangement'.
