| KAN |
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I CAN exchange my hand for four big fish hooks (FYI I am some kind of rejected Bond villain) |
| か*える |
exchange (yen for euros) change (diapers / a broken heel on your pumps) Unlike the other かえる (替える)、 換える means you are exchanging something for a similar or identical thing
★★★★☆ |
| 交換 する |
exchange
★★★★☆
swap, exchange (Japanese/English language exchange, for instance) |
| に 乗り換える |
transfer
★★★★☆
to transfer buses/ trains. |
| 換気 |
ventilation
★★☆☆☆
What Japanese bathrooms never have. |
| Meaning | Hint | Radical | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 換 | exchange | HANDS | 手 |
| 喚 | exclaim | MOUTH | 口 |
You exchange stuff with your HANDS,
but you exclaim with your MOUTH.
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convert, do about-face
転換 転向 |
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exchange
替える 換える 代える |
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to switch
代わる 替わる 換わる |