くらがえ

Japanese

Alternative spelling
鞍替え

Etymology

(くら) (kura) + () (kae, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb ()える (kaeru).). The kae changes to gae as an instance of rendaku ((れん)(だく)).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) らがえ [kùrágáé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kɯ̟ɾa̠ɡa̠e̞]

Noun

くらがえ • (kuragaeくらがへ (kuragafe)?

  1. changing one's employer, loyalty, etc.

Verb

くらがえする • (kuragae suruくらがへ (kuragafe)?suru (stem くらがえ (kuragae shi), past くらがえした (kuragae shita))

  1. to change one's employer, loyalty, etc.
    ()(とう)(くら)()えする
    yatō ni kuragae suru
    to switch to the opposition party
    ○○(○○お)(くら)()えする
    ○○-oshi ni kuragae suru
    to become a fan of *** instead

Conjugation

Conjugation of "くらがえする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") くらがえし kuragae shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") くらがえし kuragae shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") くらがえする kuragae suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") くらがえする kuragae suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") くらがえすれ kuragae sure
Meireikei ("imperative") くらがえせよ¹
くらがえしろ²
kuragae seyo¹
kuragae shiro²
Key constructions
Passive くらがえされる kuragae sareru
Causative くらがえさせる
くらがえさす
kuragae saseru
kuragae sasu
Potential くらがえできる kuragae dekiru
Volitional くらがえしよう kuragae shiyō
Negative くらがえしない kuragae shinai
Negative continuative くらがえせず kuragae sezu
Formal くらがえします kuragae shimasu
Perfective くらがえした kuragae shita
Conjunctive くらがえして kuragae shite
Hypothetical conditional くらがえすれば kuragae sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN