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差し替え (さしかえ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

差さし替かえ

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Meanings

1

noun

replacement; substitution

General term for replacing one thing with another, often used for physical items, documents, or components.

電でん池ちの差さし替かえをお願ねがいします。
Please replace the batteries.
書しょ類るいの差さし替かえが必ひつ要ようです。
The documents need to be replaced.

2

Written forms

差さし替かえUsage85%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
差さし換かえUsage15%
Variant using 換 instead of 替; both kanji carry a similar meaning of exchange.
差さし替かえ
Variant spelling without the okurigana し.
差さし換かえ
Rare variant combining 換 with the shorter okurigana.

Kanji

noun

correcting; revision (printing)

printing

Printing term for replacing or correcting a plate, block, or digital file to fix errors.

印いん刷さつ前まえに誤ご字じの差さし替かえを行おこなった。
We corrected the typo before printing.

差distinction, difference, variation
替exchange, spare, substitute
換interchange, period, change

Similar words

交こう換かん
交換 is a broader term for exchange or swap, often mutual, while 差し替え focuses on one-way replacement of a part or item.
取とり替かえ
取り替え also means replacement but can imply removal and installation, often used for parts or equipment; 差し替え is more about inserting a substitute.

Etymology

Compound of 差し (continuative form of 差す, 'to insert') + 替え (continuative form of 替える, 'to replace'). Literally 'insert-replace'.