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言い換える (いいかえる) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

言いい換かえる

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

ichidan verb, transitive verb

rephrase; put another way; say in other words

Used when restating something in different words, often to clarify or simplify. Common in explanations, translations, and summaries.

難むずかしい言こと葉ばを簡かん単たんな言こと葉ばに言いい換かえてください。
Please rephrase the difficult words into simpler ones.
彼かれの意い見けんを

別べつ

の

表ひょう

現げん

で

言い

い

換か

える

と

、

もっと

わかり

やすく

なる

。

If you put his opinion another way, it becomes easier to understand.

Written forms

言いい換かえるUsage58%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency form in news and general use.
いいかえるUsage24%
言いいかえるUsage16%
search-only kanji form
Search-only mixed kana-kanji form; not a standard spelling.
言いい替かえるUsage2%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 替える emphasizes substitution rather than rephrasing.
言いい換かえるUsage<1%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kanji form; not a standard spelling.

Kanji

言say, word
換interchange, period, change
替exchange, spare, substitute

Similar words

言いい直なおす
言い直す focuses on correcting or restating something you just said, while 言い換える is about expressing the same idea in different words, often for clarity.
換かん言げんする
換言する is a more formal, Sino-Japanese equivalent used in writing or formal speech, whereas 言い換える is the everyday verb.

Etymology

Compound of 言い (continuative form of 言う 'to say') + 換える 'to exchange, replace'. Literally 'to say by exchanging words'.