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着替え (きがえ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

着き替がえ

き

が

え

Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

1

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

changing clothes; change of clothes

Refers to the act of changing one's clothes or a spare set of clothes. Used as a noun or with する to mean 'to change clothes'.

出でかける前まえに着き替がえを済すませた。
I finished changing clothes before going out.
旅りょ行こうには着き替がえを多おお

め

に

持も

っ

て

いく

。

I take extra changes of clothes when traveling.

Written forms

着き替がえUsage92%
Standard kanji spelling; high priority.
着きがえUsage6%
search-only kanji form
Search-only mixed form.
着き替がえUsage1%
search-only kanji form
Search-only abbreviated form.
着き換がえ
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 替 is more common.

Kanji

着don, arrive, wear
替exchange, spare, substitute
換interchange, period, change

Similar words

着き替がえる
着替える is the transitive verb form meaning 'to change (clothes)', while 着替え is the noun or intransitive suru-verb form.

Etymology

Compound of 着 (ki, 'wearing') + 替え (kae, 'replacement').