切きり替かえる

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切り替える · ichidan verb

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	切きり替かえる	切きり替かえない
Polite	切きり替かえます	切きり替かえません
Past polite	切きり替かえました	切きり替かえませんでした
Past	切きり替かえた	切きり替かえなかった
Te-form	切きり替かえて	切きり替かえないで
Desire	切きり替かえたい	切きり替かえたくない
Potential	切きり替かえられるalso 切きり替かえれる	切きり替かえられないalso 切きり替かえれない
Passive	切きり替かえられる	切きり替かえられない
Causative	切きり替かえさせる	切きり替かえさせない
Causative passive	切きり替かえさせられる	切きり替かえさせられない
Volitional	切きり替かえよう
Polite volitional	切きり替かえましょう
Imperative	切きり替かえろ	切きり替かえるな
Conditional	切きり替かえれば	切きり替かえなければ
Tara conditional	切きり替かえたら	切きり替かえなかったら

Meanings

ichidan verb, transitive verb

switch; change over; renew

Used for changing from one thing to another, such as switching a device, changing a plan, or renewing a mindset. Often implies a deliberate, complete shift.

テレビのチャンネルを切きり替かえる。
I switch the TV channel.
気き持もちを切きり替かえて、次つぎの仕し事ごとに取とりかかろう。
Let's change our mindset and get started on the next task.
契けい約やくを新あたらしいプランに切きり替かえた。
I switched my contract to a new plan.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉から〈物もの〉に切きり替かえるto switch from one thing to another
会かい社しゃはガソリン車しゃから電でん気き自じ動どう車しゃに切きり替かえることにした。
The company decided to switch from gasoline cars to electric cars.
〈物もの〉に切きり替かえるto switch over to something
料りょう金きんプランを新あたらしいものに切きり替かえた。
I switched my pricing plan over to a new one.

Expressions

頭あたまを切きり替かえるchange one's mindset; switch mental gears; shift focus
気き持もちを切きり替かえるchange one's mood; shift emotional gears; move on from a feeling

Kanji

切cut, cutoff, be sharp
替exchange, spare, substitute
換interchange, period, change
変unusual, change, strange

Related words

変かえるN5
変える is the general verb for changing something, while 切り替える specifically means switching from one option or state to another, often implying renewal.
代かえるN3
替える means to replace or exchange one item for another, whereas 切り替える emphasizes an active switch-over of a system, plan, or mindset.
転てん換かんN1
転換する is a formal, often abstract term for shifting direction or policy, while 切り替える is the more everyday word for switching devices, plans, or attitudes.

Don't confuse with

入いれ替かえるN2
入れ替える means to swap or exchange two things for each other, while 切り替える means to switch one thing over to a new state or option.
切きり上あげるN1
切り替える means to switch or change something over, not to end it early or round a number, despite sharing the 切り- prefix with 切り上げる.

Word family

切きり替かえ
switching; changeover; conversion; replacement
切きり替かえ時とき
time to switch over; time to change · response time
自じ動どう切きり替かえ
automatic switchover; automatic cutover
コードページ切きり替かえ
code page switching
コンピュータ切きり替かえ器き
computer switch; KVM switch

Built from

切きる+代かえる

Written forms

切きり替かえるUsage76%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
切きり換かえるUsage13%
Alternate kanji spelling; less common but still encountered.
切きりかえるUsage8%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kanji form; not standard for this word.
切きり替かえるUsage2%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kanji form; not standard for this word.
きりかえるUsage1%
切きり換かえるUsage1%
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Search-only kanji form; not standard for this word.
切きり変かえるUsage<1%
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Search-only kanji form; not standard for this word.

Etymology

Compound of 切る (kiru, 'cut') + 替える (kaeru, 'replace'). The combination suggests cutting off one thing and replacing it with another, hence 'switch' or 'change over'.