かえる

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of かえる – see the following entries.

【蛙】H	[noun] a frog (amphibious animal) Alternative spellings 蛤, 蝦, カエル

【換える】

[verb] exchange, change for

【替える】

[verb] substitute, replace

【代える】

[verb] substitute, use in place of, replace with, replace something with another

【変える】

[verb] to change, to make different

[verb] to move or shift to a different time or place

【帰る】	[verb] to go home, return [verb] to leave, walk away [verb] (baseball) to get to home plate Alternative spelling 還る

【孵る】	[verb] hatch (emerge from an egg)

【返る】

[verb] to return, go back

[verb] to reverse, turn over

[verb] to move in the opposite direction

[verb] to interchange front and back

[verb] to change color, fade

[verb] (of a year) to renew

[verb] (by extension) to start over

[verb] suffixed to the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of a verb:

[verb] to [verb] completely

[verb] to [verb] over and over or repeatedly

Alternative spelling
復る

【反る】	[verb] come back

(This term, かえる (kaeru), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as かえる, see Category:Japanese kanji read as かえる.)

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Etymology 2

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かえる [kàérú] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ka̠e̞ɾɯ̟]

Verb

かえる • (kaeru)

potential form of かう (kau) [godan]