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Illustration of 切り替える

切きり替かえる

きりかえる kirikaeru Play N1 Ichidan verb Transitive

Meanings and examples

ある状態・方法から別の状態・方法へ変える。 to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace; to switch over

Example 1

季節に合わせて、暖房を冷房に切り替えた。

I switched from heating to air conditioning to suit the season.

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Example 2

気持ちを切り替えて、次の仕事に取りかかった。

I switched gears and started on the next task.

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Kanji breakdown

切

N4

cut; cutoff; be sharp

On reading
セツ、サイ
Kun reading
き.る、-き.る、き.り、-き.り、-ぎ.り、き.れる、-き.れる、き.れ、-き.れ、-ぎ.れ
Radical
刀

替

N2

exchange; spare; substitute; per-

On reading
タイ
Kun reading
か.える、か.え-、か.わる
Radical
曰
Illustration of 一切

一切

N1

いっさい

all; everything; without exception; the whole; entirely; absolutely

Illustration of 仕切る

仕切る

N1

しきる

to partition; to divide; to mark off; to settle accounts; to toe the mark

Illustration of 出切る

出切る

N1

できる

to be out of; to have no more at hand

Illustration of 切ない

切ない

N1

せつない

painful; trying; oppressive; suffocating

Illustration of 切り

切り

N1

きり

limits; end; bounds; period; place to leave off; closing sentence; all there is; only; since