切り替わる|きりかわるkirikawaru[4]nakadaka (mid-high)
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Definitions
- godan verb, intransitive verbto change (to); to switch (to); to be replaced (by)
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 切り替わる（きりかわる） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 切り替わります（きりかわります） |
| Negative (nai) | 切り替わらない（きりかわらない） |
| polite (masen) | 切り替わりません（きりかわりません） |
| classical zu / nu | 切り替わらず・切り替わらぬ（きりかわらず・きりかわらぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 切り替わった（きりかわった） |
| polite (mashita) | 切り替わりました（きりかわりました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 切り替わらなかった（きりかわらなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 切り替わりませんでした（きりかわりませんでした） |
| Te form | 切り替わって（きりかわって） |
| Potential | 切り替われる（きりかわれる） |
| Passive | 切り替わられる（きりかわられる） |
| Causative | 切り替わらせる（きりかわらせる） |
| Causative passive | 切り替わらせられる・切り替わらされる（きりかわらせられる・きりかわらされる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 切り替われば（きりかわれば） |
| tara | 切り替わったら（きりかわったら） |
| Volitional | 切り替わろう（きりかわろう） |
| polite (mashou) | 切り替わりましょう（きりかわりましょう） |
| Imperative | 切り替われ（きりかわれ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Transitive / intransitive pair
画面が切り替わる
切り替わる emphasizes a spontaneous change of state, as in 画面が切り替わる (the screen switches), while 切り替える focuses on an agent deliberately causing that change, as in 画面を切り替える (switch the screen).
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym転換てんかんWrittenWritten/formal prose: a turn in policy or direction, as in 「方向転換」; 「切り替わる」 is a native Japanese verb describing a state switching over.
- Synonym移行いこうWrittenWritten/formal prose: a transition to a new system or stage, as in 「新制度へ移行」; 「切り替わる」 describes a state switching over, not limited to systems.
- SynonymうつるNeutralBroad in meaning: movement or change of place or state, also infection, as in 「季節が移る」; 「切り替わる」 focuses on changing from A to B.
- SynonymチェンジCasualColloquial loanword for replacement, substitution or changing sides, as in 「メンバーチェンジ」; 「切り替わる」 is intransitive, with the switching state as subject, whoever triggers it.
- SynonymシフトCasualColloquial loanword for a shift of focus or policy, or work shifts, as in 「シフト制」; 「切り替わる」 describes a state changing into another.
- Related切り替えるきりかえるNeutralTransitive: switches something, with a person or device as subject, as in 「気持ちを切り替える」; 「切り替わる」 is intransitive, taking the thing switched as its subject.
- Related変換へんかんNeutralConverts something into another form, as in 「漢字変換」, and is common in daily use too; 「切り替わる」 describes a state or screen switching over.
- Related変じるへんじるWrittenWritten/formal prose verb for the nature or form turning into something else; in daily speech say 「変わる」. 「切り替わる」 focuses on switching between two states.
- RelatedスイッチCasualColloquial loanword, originally a switch, also used as a suru verb for switching, as in 「スイッチが入る」; 「切り替わる」 is a native intransitive verb.
- Related転ずるてんずるWrittenWritten/formal prose verb for turning direction or diverting attention, as in 「話題を転ずる」; 「切り替わる」 describes a state changing over and is more colloquial.
- Related変ずるへんずるWrittenSame meaning as 「変じる」 but older; written/formal prose for becoming another state. In daily speech say 「変わる」; 「切り替わる」 focuses on switching.
For a state changing from one to another, use the intransitive 「切り替わる」, as in 「画面が切り替わる」, whether or not anyone operates it. To say something switches it, use 「切り替える」; for a turn in policy use 「転換」, and for a transition to a new system use 「移行」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
Japanese definitions
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