Kanji Dictionary

Vocabulary

替わるkawaru(1)to succeed, to relieve, to replace, (2)to take the place of, to substitute for, to take over for, to represent, (3)to be exchanged, to change (places with), to switch godan, jlpt3, verb, vintrans, vtrans

exchange, spare, substitute, per-
Readings: tai, ka.eru, ka.e-, ka.waru,...
Main radical: 曰 (73) Strokes: 12 picture (png) | animation (svg) | table (svg)

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代替わり daigawari (1)taking over (e.g. store or family's headship), (2)subrogation, substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor) mix

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野球の試合でピッチャーが替わりました。 jakjuu no šiai de pičča- ga kawarimašita. V baseballovém utkání se vyměnili nadhazovači.sport

Verb is godan, intransitive

		positive	negative
present indicative	plain	kawaru	kawaranai
present indicative	polite	kawarimasu	kawarimasen
present progressive	plain	kawatte iru	kawatte inai
present progressive	polite	kawatte imasu	kawatte imasen
past indicative	plain	kawatta	kawaranakatta
past indicative	polite	kawarimashita	kawarimasen deshita
presumptive	plain	kawarou kawaru darou	kawaranai darou
presumptive	polite	kawarimashou kawaru deshou	kawaranai deshou
past presumptive	plain	kawattarou kawatta darou	kawaranakatta darou
past presumptive	polite	kawatta deshou	kawaranakatta deshou
imperative	plain	kaware	kawaru na
imperative	polite	kawatte kudasai	kawaranaide kudasai
provisional	plain	kawareba	kawaranakereba
conditional	plain	kawattara	kawaranakattara
conditional	polite	kawarimashitara	kawarimasen deshitara
potential	plain	kawareru	kawarenai
potential	polite	kawaremasu	kawaremasen
causative	plain	kawaraseru
past causative	plain	kawaraseta
passive	plain	kawarareru
past passive	plain	kawarareta
passive causative	plain	kawaraserareru kawarasareru
past passive causative	plain	kawaraserareta
desiderative	plain	kawaritai
past desiderative	plain	kawaritakatta
gerundium		kawatte