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書き換える · ichidan verb

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

Meanings

ichidan verb, transitive verb

rewrite; overwrite; renew; transfer

Broadly means to write something again, often with changes: rewriting a document, overwriting data, renewing a contract, or transferring an entry to a new form.

レポートを書かき換かえるのに一ひと晩ばんかかった。
It took all night to rewrite the report.
ファイルを上うわ書がき保ほ存ぞんすると、元もとのデータは書かき換かえられます。
If you save over the file, the original data will be overwritten.
契けい約やく書しょの内ない容ようを新あたらしい条じょう件けんに書かき換かえた。
We rewrote the contract terms to reflect the new conditions.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉を書かき換かえるto renew (a license, contract, etc.)
運うん転てん免めん許きょを書かき換かえるために警けい察さつ署しょに行いった。
I went to the police station to renew my driver's license.
記き録ろくを書かき換かえるto break/rewrite a record
彼かれは世せ界かい記き録ろくを書かき換かえた。
He broke the world record.
データを書かき換かえるto overwrite data
システムが自じ動どう的てきにデータを書かき換かえた。
The system automatically overwrote the data.
歴れき史しを書かき換かえるto rewrite history
この発はっ見けんは歴れき史しを書かき換かえるかもしれない。
This discovery might rewrite history.

Kanji

書write
換interchange, period, change
替exchange, spare, substitute
変unusual, change, strange

Related words

書かき直なおすN2
書き直す emphasizes redoing or correcting a piece of writing from scratch, while 書き換える often means altering or updating existing content, including data or contracts.
上うわ書がき
上書きする is used specifically for overwriting data in a computing context, while 書き換える covers a broader range including documents, licenses, and contracts.
更こう新しんN2
更新する focuses on renewing or updating something to keep it current (like a license or subscription), while 書き換える stresses the act of rewriting the content itself.
塗ぬり替かえる
書き換える means 'to rewrite' in a textual sense, while 塗り替える is more metaphorical, often used for records, history, or fundamental changes.

Don't confuse with

書かき加くわえる
書き加える means to add extra writing to what's already there, whereas 書き換える means to replace or alter existing writing.

Word family

書かき換かえ
rewriting; revision · renewal; reissuance · transfer of ownership; name change
書かき換かえ可か能のう
rewritable

Written forms

書かき換かえるUsage72%
Standard kanji spelling; high news frequency.
書かきかえるUsage15%
search-only kanji form
Search-only mixed kana-kanji form.
書かき替かえるUsage6%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 替 suggests replacement.
書かき変かえるUsage3%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 変 suggests change.
書かき換かえるUsage2%
search-only kanji form
Search-only abbreviated kanji form.
かきかえるUsage2%

Etymology

Compound of 書き (continuative form of 書く 'to write') + 換える 'to exchange, replace'. The core meaning is to write something again with changes or replacement.