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きがえる is an exact match with one form of the following word:
着替える
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Readings : きがえる    きかえる   
着替える can be read in 2 ways: きがえる (70%), きかえる (30%).
to change one's clothes
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Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 4 (among the 5,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 117,365 which gives a rank of 3,372
着替える is the most useful form. 3 additional forms are shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 70% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 78,000 (about 3,620,000 results)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 964 (see iKnow! collections)
• Routledge most useful 5000 words rank: 4877
• One of the 1240 words included in the Genki textbooks
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 26 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
その
おとこ
ふく
ぬいでパジャマ
きが
着替
えた

The boy took off his clothes and put on his pajamas.
あね
いそ
いで
パーティー
ふく
きが
着替
えた

My sister dressed herself for the party in a hurry.
スーツ
きが
着替
えなさい

Change into your suit.
きかえる
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 137,000 (about 694,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 26 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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着換える
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Readings : きがえる    きかえる   
着換える can be read in 2 ways: きかえる (80%), きがえる (20%).
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• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 148,000 (about 572,000 results)
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きがえる
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 231,000 (about 72,900 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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チャク   ジャク   つ to arrive   つける to attach   き to wear   きせる to make wear   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ヨウ   ひつじ sheep   
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
タイ   かえる to replace   かわる to be replaced   
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フ   フウ   おっと husband   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
カン   かえる to replace, to substitute   
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カン brilliant, clear, bright   
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corner
net
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
hand
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