もちかえる

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings
持ち帰る
持帰る (dated)

From () (mochi, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb () (motsu, to take)) + (かえ) (kaeru, to return).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ちかえる [mòchíkáꜜèrù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • (Tokyo) ちかえる [mòchíkáérú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [mo̞t͡ɕika̠e̞ɾɯ̟]

Verb

もちかえる • (mochikaeruもちかへる (motikaferu)?godan (stem もちかえり (mochikaeri), past もちかえった (mochikaetta))

  1. (transitive) to take home; to take with one
    ゴミ()(かえ)
    gomi o mochikaeru
    to take home one's own trash
Conjugation
Conjugation of "もちかえる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") もちかえら mochikaera
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") もちかえり mochikaeri
Shūshikei ("terminal") もちかえる mochikaeru
Rentaikei ("attributive") もちかえる mochikaeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") もちかえれ mochikaere
Meireikei ("imperative") もちかえれ mochikaere
Key constructions
Passive もちかえられる mochikaerareru
Causative もちかえらせる
もちかえらす
mochikaeraseru
mochikaerasu
Potential もちかえれる mochikaereru
Volitional もちかえろう mochikaerō
Negative もちかえらない mochikaeranai
Negative continuative もちかえらず mochikaerazu
Formal もちかえります mochikaerimasu
Perfective もちかえった mochikaetta
Conjunctive もちかえって mochikaette
Hypothetical conditional もちかえれば mochikaereba

Etymology 2

Alternative spellings
持ち替える
持替える (dated)

From () (mochi, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb () (motsu, to take)) + ()える (kaeru, to replace).

Pronunciation

Verb

もちかえる • (mochikaeruもちかへる (motikaferu)?ichidan (stem もちかえ (mochikae), past もちかえた (mochikaeta))

  1. (transitive) to shift from one hand to the other
Conjugation
Conjugation of "もちかえる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") もちかえ mochikae
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") もちかえ mochikae
Shūshikei ("terminal") もちかえる mochikaeru
Rentaikei ("attributive") もちかえる mochikaeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") もちかえれ mochikaere
Meireikei ("imperative") もちかえよ¹
もちかえろ²
mochikaeyo¹
mochikaero²
Key constructions
Passive もちかえられる mochikaerareru
Causative もちかえさせる
もちかえさす
mochikaesaseru
mochikaesasu
Potential もちかえられる
もちかえれる³
mochikaerareru
mochikaereru³
Volitional もちかえよう mochikaeyō
Negative もちかえない
もちかえぬ
もちかえん
mochikaenai
mochikaenu
mochikaen
Negative continuative もちかえず mochikaezu
Formal もちかえます mochikaemasu
Perfective もちかえた mochikaeta
Conjunctive もちかえて mochikaete
Hypothetical conditional もちかえれば mochikaereba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN