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変える · ichidan verb

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

Pairs with変わる

Meanings

ichidan verb, transitive verb

change; alter; transform

Broad transitive use: make something different in state, form, appearance, or nature. Covers physical and abstract objects.

髪かみ型がたを変かえたい。
I want to change my hairstyle.
予よ定ていを変かえる必ひつ要ようがある。
We need to change the plan.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

reform; revise; amend

Used for deliberate improvement or correction of systems, rules, documents, or habits. Often implies making something better or more suitable.

法ほう律りつを変かえるには時じ間かんがかかる。
It takes time to amend a law.
彼かれは生せい活かつ習しゅう慣かんを変かえて健けん康こうになった。
He reformed his lifestyle and became healthy.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉を〈物もの〉に変かえるto change A into B
熱ねつは水みずを氷こおりから水すい蒸じょう気きに変かえる。
Heat changes water from ice into steam.
考かんがえ方かたを変かえるto change one's way of thinking
失しっ敗ぱいをきっかけに考かんがえ方かたを変かえた。
The failure led me to change my way of thinking.
気き分ぶんを変かえるto change one's mood; to get a change of pace
散さん歩ぽをして気き分ぶんを変かえた。
I went for a walk to change my mood.
方ほう針しんを変かえるto change one's policy or approach
会かい社しゃは経けい営えいの方ほう針しんを変かえた。
The company changed its management policy.

Expressions· 12

手てを変かえるtry a different approach; resort to other means
予よ定ていを変かえるchange the schedule; change one's plans
位い置ちを変かえるchange the position of; reposition; shift
意い識しきを変かえるchange one's mindset; alter one's consciousness; shift one's attitude
河岸かしを変かえるtry a different venue; go somewhere else

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法ほう律りつを変かえるrevise the law; amend the law
血けっ相そうを変かえるchange color; look completely different
観かん点てんを変かえるchange one's point of view; look at things from a different angle

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Kanji

変unusual, change, strange

Transitive / intransitive

変かわるN4sense 1
変わる is the intransitive counterpart meaning 'to change by itself,' while 変える is transitive and requires an object marked with を.

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改あらためるN2sense 2
改める is a more formal word for deliberately revising or correcting something like rules or habits, while 変える is the general, everyday word for changing something.
切きり替かえるN2
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.
違ちがえるN1
変える is the everyday, general verb for changing something, while 違える is a rarer, more formal alternative usually confined to fixed expressions.
違たがえる
変える is the neutral verb for changing something, while 違える adds a nuance of deviating from an expected or correct state.

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乗のり換かえるN5
変える is a general verb for changing something, whereas 乗り換える specifically means switching from one option (vehicle, system, partner) to another.
代かえるN3
変える means to change the state or quality of something itself, while 代える describes swapping one thing out for another of the same kind.
転てんじるN2
変える is the everyday transitive verb for changing something on purpose, while 転じる is more literary and often used for shifting direction, topic, or one's fortunes.
化かするN1
変える is the common transitive verb for 'to change something,' while 化する is more formal and often used in written or technical contexts.

Opposites

保たもつN1sense 1
保つ means to keep or maintain something as it is, the opposite of 変える, which means to alter it.

Don't confuse with

代かえるN3sense 1
替える shares the same reading as 変える but is used for swapping one thing for another of the same kind (like money or seats), whereas 変える means altering the thing itself.

Word family

変かえ
change; changing
作つくり変かえる
remake; reconstruct; alter; adapt
見み変かえる
forsake one thing for another; abandon in favor of something else
移うつし替かえる
shift; move; transfer; transplant · transpose; exchange; displace

Written forms

変かえるUsage91%
Standard kanji spelling for the transitive verb 'to change something'.
かえるUsage9%

Etymology

The kanji 変 carries the core meaning of 'change' or 'unusual'. The verb かえる is a native Japanese transitive verb; its exact derivation is uncertain, but it is related to the intransitive かわる.