取り替える (torikaeru) Japanese meaning: exchange | Kotomora

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取り替える · ichidan verb

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

Meanings

ichidan verb, transitive verb

exchange; swap; trade

Used when two parties give each other items, or when one item is given in return for another. Often implies a mutual or reciprocal action.

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Kanji

取take, fetch, take up
替exchange, spare, substitute
換interchange, period, change

Related words

交こう換かんN3
交換する is a more formal word for exchanging or swapping things (e.g. currency, information), while 取り替える is the everyday word for physically swapping or replacing concrete items.
代かえるN3sense 2
換える simply means to put one thing in place of another without necessarily emphasizing removal, whereas 取り替える stresses the act of taking the old thing out and putting a new one in.
交こう代たいN2sense 2
交代する is used when people take turns or one person replaces another in a role, while 取り替える is used for replacing objects or parts.
置おき換かえる
取り替える usually means swapping out a physical item that is old, broken, or unsuitable, while 置き換える is broader and covers abstract substitution as well.
入いれ替かえるN2
取り替える is the everyday word for swapping one item for another (e.g. batteries, tires), while 入れ替える stresses removing something and putting something else in its place, often with a positional or contents change.

Don't confuse with

取とり揃そろえる
取り替える looks similar and starts with the same 取り but means to exchange or replace something, not to assemble a set like 取り揃える.
取とり返かえすN1
取り替える means to exchange or replace one thing with another, unlike 取り返す, which means to recover something you had lost.

Word family

取とり替かえN1
swap; exchange; replacement
取とり替かえっこ
swap; exchange

Built from

取とる+代かえる

Written forms

取とり替かえるUsage60%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
とりかえるUsage12%
Kana spelling; used when the kanji nuance is not needed or for clarity.
取とり替かえるUsage10%
search-only kanji form
取とり換かえるUsage

Etymology

Compound of 取り (continuative form of 取る, 'to take') and 替える ('to exchange, replace'). The spelling 換える is also used for the second element, emphasizing the idea of swapping.

Meanings

Usage patterns