How to say "change" in Japanese

• 変わるかわるJLPT N4approx.Common
  godan verb, intransitive verbIntransitive: the subject itself changes, is transformed or varies, with no agent acting on it — weather, times, plans, people. It pairs with transitive 変える.
  私のE-mailアドレスが変かわりました。↗

  My e-mail address has been changed.
• 変えるかえるJLPT N4approx.Common
  ichidan verb, transitive verbTransitive: someone changes, alters, transforms or converts something — you act on an object and make it different. The transitive counterpart of 変わる.
  なんで彼かれは考かんがえを変かえたのか。↗

  What made him change his mind?
• 変化へんかJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbThe noun for change: it names a change, variation or alteration that something undergoes, and also covers 'mutation'. Typical where change is spoken of as an event or phenomenon.
  このような接し方せっしかたの変化へんかは、他たの変化へんかもそうであるが、他たの国くににおいても起おこっている。↗

  Like other changes, this change in attitude has occurred in other countries, too.
• 変更へんこうJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbA noun for a deliberate modification or revision of something — changing plans, schedules, settings or details that already exist. It implies the change is made on purpose.
  その規則きそくは絶対ぜったい変更へんこうできない。↗

  The rule is utterly inflexible.
• 切り替えるきりかえるJLPT N1approx.Common
  ichidan verb, transitive verbCovers 'change' as switching: you change something over from one state, mode or option to another, so it suits a changeover or replacement; it can also mean renewing something.

Use 「変わる」 when something changes by itself, 「変える」 when you change something, 変化 for change as a noun, 変更 for deliberate modifications or revisions, and 「切り替える」 for switching from one thing to another.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 変わるかわるto change
• 変えるかえるto change
• 変化へんかchange
• 変更へんこうchange
• 切り替えるきりかえるto change
• 変換へんかんchange
• チェンジchange
• 交代こうたいchange
• 変動へんどうchange
• うつるto move (to another place or state)
• うつすto transfer (to a different place, group, etc.)
• 推移すいいtransition
• 改めるあらためるto change
• 着替えるきがえるto change (one's clothes)
• 変わりかわりchange
• 切り替わるきりかわるto change (to)
• 替えかえchange
• 変革へんかくchange
• 化するかするto change (into)
• 両替りょうがえchange
• 改変かいへんchange
• 差し替えるさしかえるto change
• 乗り換えるのりかえるto transfer (trains)
• 改定かいていrevision (of a rule, price, etc.)
• 乗り換えのりかえtransfer (trains, buses, etc.)
• 換算かんさんconversion (e.g. yen to dollars)
• 入れ替えいれかえreplacement
• 転移てんいmoving (location, with the times, etc.)
• 改訂かいていrevision (of text)
• 乗り継ぐのりつぐto connect (with a different flight, train, etc.)
• 変わり目かわりめturning point
• 化成かせいchange
• 変遷へんせんchange
• 乗り移るのりうつるto change (buses, boats, etc.)
• 移り変わるうつりかわるto change (with time, the ages, the seasons, etc.)
• 振り替えるふりかえるto change (e.g. a bill)
• 移り変わりうつりかわりchange (e.g. season)
• 更迭こうてつchange (of personnel)
• 転化てんかchange
• 釣り銭つりせんchange (for a purchase)
• 化すかすto change (into)
• お釣りおつりchange (for a purchase)
• 変移へんいchange
• 改まるあらたまるto be renewed
• 振替ふりかえtransfer
• 変転へんてんmutation
• 替えるかえるto replace
• 変えかえchanging
• 入れ替えるいれかえるto replace
• そらすto turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.)
• 異変いへんunusual event
• 入れ替わりいれかわりsubstitution
• 異状いじょうsomething wrong
• 転じるてんじるto turn
• 付け替えるつけかえるto replace
• 移ろううつろうto change (with the passage of time)
• 履き替えるはきかえるto change (lower-body clothing: shoes, pants, skirt, etc.)
• 違えるちがえるto change
• 違えるたがえるto change
• 移ろいうつろいchange
• 変わりゆくかわりゆくto change (bit by bit)
• 大化けおおばけchange
• 移り行くうつりゆくto change
• 変改へんかいchange
• 成り変わるなりかわるto change
• 変わりようかわりようchange
• 変易へんえきchange
• うってがえchange
• 転変てんぺんmutation
• 剰銭じょうせんremaining money
• 変調をきたすへんちょうをきたすto go out of order
• 異動いどう(personnel) change
• 動きうごきtrend
• 変へんchange
• 動かすうごかすto change
• 直すなおすto change
• つりchange (for a purchase)
• 反応はんのうreaction
• スイッチswitch (from one thing to another)
• 入れ替わるいれかわるto change (seats, shifts, etc.; with someone)
• 化けるばけるto change (into)
• 翻すひるがえすto change (one's mind)
• お返しおかえしchange (in a cash transaction)
• 替わるかわるto be exchanged
• 置き換えるおきかえるto replace
• 紛らすまぎらすto conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile)
• 違うたがうto change (into something out of the ordinary)
• 交こうchange (of season, year, etc.)
• 増分ぞうぶんchange
• 宗旨替えしゅうしがえchange (of ideology, interest, taste, etc.)
• ひねくるto fiddle with
• 紛らわすまぎらわすto conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile)
• 紛らせるまぎらせるto conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile)
• なるto change (into)
• 動くうごくto change
• ひらくto change (kanji into hiragana)
• なすto change (into)
• スライドto change (with a sliding scale)
• 崩すくずすto break (a bill)