組み替える・組み換える・組替える・組換える|くみかえるkumikaeru[4]nakadaka (mid-high)
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Which spelling to use
組み替える組み替える（くみかえる） is the most common form and is written with kanji and kana. Beginners should use it when writing about rearranging, recomposing, resetting, or recombining.
組み換える組み換える（くみかえる） is less common than 組み替える（くみかえる）. It is also written with kanji and kana and may appear as an alternative spelling.
組替える組替える（くみかえる） is less common than 組み換える（くみかえる） and 組み替える（くみかえる）. It is written with kanji and kana and may appear as a variant.
組換える組換える（くみかえる） is the least common of these forms. It is written with kanji and kana and may appear as an alternative spelling.
Definitions
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto rearrange (classes); to recompose; to reset; to recombine (genes)
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 組み替える（くみかえる） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 組み替えます（くみかえます） |
| Negative (nai) | 組み替えない（くみかえない） |
| polite (masen) | 組み替えません（くみかえません） |
| classical zu / nu | 組み替えず・組み替えぬ（くみかえず・くみかえぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 組み替えた（くみかえた） |
| polite (mashita) | 組み替えました（くみかえました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 組み替えなかった（くみかえなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 組み替えませんでした（くみかえませんでした） |
| Te form | 組み替えて（くみかえて） |
| Potential | 組み替えられる（くみかえられる） |
| Passive | 組み替えられる（くみかえられる） |
| Causative | 組み替えさせる（くみかえさせる） |
| Causative passive | 組み替えさせられる（くみかえさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 組み替えれば（くみかえれば） |
| tara | 組み替えたら（くみかえたら） |
| Volitional | 組み替えよう（くみかえよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 組み替えましょう（くみかえましょう） |
| Imperative | 組み替えろ（くみかえろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym組み直すくみなおすNeutralReassembling something or redoing a schedule or structure; also re-crossing one's legs. Stresses putting it together again from the start.
- Related模様替えもようがえNeutralChanging a room's furnishings or renovating a building; also used figuratively for changing how something is organized, though mostly about living spaces.
- Related再編成さいへんせいWrittenRe-forming organizations, budgets, courses and the like; more formal than 「組み替える」. 「組み替える」 is also used for genes and classes.
- Antonym固定するNeutralFixing something in place so that its arrangement no longer changes — the opposite of 「組み替える」, which alters how things are put together.
- Antonym維持するNeutralKeeping things as they are without change — the opposite of 「組み替える」, which breaks an arrangement apart and recombines it.
「組み替える」 covers rearranging classes, budgets and genes; use 「組み直す」 for redoing a schedule, 「再編成」 for reorganizing an organization, and 「模様替え」 for changing a room's layout.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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