かえる

Learned yesterday at work:

換える=別の物におきかえる
替える=別の新しいものにする

And I already knew this one:

蛙=frog

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  1. 変える=前の性質や状態などを違うものにする
    返る=もとの所・状態に戻る
    代える=別のものに代わりをさせる
    帰る=go home
    還る=go around and go back home
    then there’s the potential forms
    買える=can buy
    飼える=can have as pet
    and everybody’s favourite
    孵る=to hatch

    Comment by Akaki Kuumeri — March 27, 2009 @ 7:26 pm

  2. Heh, thanks. I was thinking mostly of 組み替える and 組み換える when I made the post.

    Comment by Daniel — March 28, 2009 @ 1:15 am

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