かえる

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Japanese

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Etymology 1

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For pronunciation and definitions of かえる – see the following entries.
H
[noun] a frog (amphibious animal)
Alternative spellings
, , カエル
換える
[verb] exchange, change for
替える
[verb] substitute, replace
代える
[verb] substitute, use in place of, replace with, replace something with another
変える
[verb] to change, to make different
[verb] to move or shift to a different time or place
帰る
[verb] to go home, return
[verb] to leave, walk away
[verb] (baseball) to get to home plate
Alternative spelling
還る
孵る
[verb] hatch (emerge from an egg)
返る
[verb] to return, go back
[verb] to reverse, turn over
[verb] to move in the opposite direction
[verb] to interchange front and back
[verb] to change color, fade
[verb] (of a year) to renew
[verb] (by extension) to start over
[verb] suffixed to the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of a verb:
[verb] to [verb] completely
[verb] to [verb] over and over or repeatedly
反る
[verb] come back
(This term, かえる (kaeru), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as かえる, see Category:Japanese kanji read as かえる.)

(The following entry is uncreated: 易える.)

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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かえる (kaeru

  1. potential form of かう (kau) [godan]