買かい換かえる

か

い

か

え

る

Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

ichidan verb, transitive verb

replace by buying new; buy a replacement

Used when you discard or sell an old item and purchase a new one to take its place. The object is the old item or the category of item being replaced.

古ふるいスマホを新あたらしい機き種しゅに買かい換かえた。
I replaced my old smartphone with a new model.
車くるまを買かい換かえるかどうか迷まよって

いる

。

I'm hesitating about whether to replace my car.

Written forms

買かい換かえるUsage59%
Standard kanji spelling using 換 (exchange).
買かい替かえるUsage35%
Common variant using 替 (replace); both spellings are widely used.
買かいかえるUsage6%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kana-kanji mixed form; not a standard written variant.
買かい換かえるUsage<1%
search-only kanji form
Search-only abbreviated form; rarely used in modern writing.

Kanji

買buy
換interchange, period, change
替exchange, spare, substitute

Similar words

買かう
買う simply means 'to buy'; 買い換える adds the nuance of replacing an existing item with a new purchase.
取とり替かえる
取り替える means 'to exchange' or 'to replace' in general, not necessarily by buying something new.

Etymology

Compound of 買い (continuative form of 買う, 'buy') + 換える ('exchange, replace').