Word Meaning 言い換え

いいかえ iikae

言い換え is read as いいかえ (iikae) and means putting in other words.

Meaning

English

  1. putting in other words

Reading

Kana

いいかえ

Romaji

iikae

Writing Variants

  • 言い替え いいかえ iikae
  • 言換え いいかえ iikae
  • 言替え いいかえ iikae

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 23 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Related Words 死語 Rank 20802 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

言い換える

いいかえる

to say in other words

言語交換

げんごこうかん

language exchange

換言

かんげん

saying in other words

換言すれば

かんげんすれば

in other words

言い伝え

いいつたえ

tradition

言改める

いいあらためる

to correct oneself

言語島

げんごとう

language island

言語学的実在論

げんごがくてきじつざいろん

linguistic realism

乗り換え

のりかえ

switching (stock)

借り換え

かりかえ

conversion

Example Sentences

10

せつめいがむずかしかったので、いいかえてください。

The explanation was hard to follow, so please put it another way.

Let me rephrase it.

Let me rephrase it.

In other words, she became a good wife.

In other words, I don't like to work with him.

She became, in other words, a good wife.

In other words, Tom is lazy.

It was proposed that the term "blind person" be replaced with the term "visually impaired person".

In other words, it takes all sorts of people to make a world.

I couldn't afford it. In other words, I was too poor to buy it.