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積み替える (つみかえる) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

積つみ替かえる

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Meanings

1

ichidan verb, transitive verb

transship; transfer cargo

Used in logistics and transportation for moving goods from one vehicle or container to another.

港みなとでコンテナを別べつの船ふねに積つみ替かえる。
They transship the containers to another ship at the port.
トラックから貨か物もつ列れっ車しゃに荷に物もつを積つみ替かえ

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。

They transferred the cargo from the truck to the freight train.

Written forms

積つみ替かえるUsage60%
Standard kanji spelling.
積つみ換かえるUsage32%
Variant using 換 (exchange).
つみかえるUsage8%
積つみ替かえる
Abbreviated variant.
積つみ換かえる
Abbreviated variant using 換.

Kanji

積volume, product (x*y), acreage
替exchange, spare, substitute
換interchange, period, change

Similar words

積つみ込こむ
積み込む means to load cargo onto a vehicle or ship, while 積み替える specifically means to transfer cargo from one carrier to another.
積つみ下おろす
積み下ろす means to unload cargo, whereas 積み替える involves unloading and then reloading onto a different carrier.

Etymology

Compound of 積み (continuative form of 積む 'to load') + 替える 'to exchange, replace'.