Clothes Swap

It seems that 着替える, to change clothes, can be read きがえる and きかえる.

I stumbled across this on my denshi-jisho today. I haven't been using it much since the beginning of Decemeber ;(

Comments

[投稿： Tae Kim]

I checked and you're right, the official is 「きかえる」. Unfortunately, that's not how it's said in todays' Japanese. I say, in this case, ignore your dictionary. Nobody says 「きかえる」.

[投稿： miyo]

The official is 「きかえる」？？？Really?
I've thought that 「きがえる」is official and 「きかえる」is 関西弁, but actually it's not. I didn't know that.
I live in Kobe, west part of Japan, and we often say 「きかえる」as well as 「きがえる」.

Thank you for your information.

[投稿： Darren]

My kanto friend says he has never ever used きかえる and to use きがえる but thanks to Miyo I won't discout きかえる entirely.

[投稿： miyo]

Umm...My Mum says she's never said　「きかえる」.　
I've heard of 「きかえる」 and it doesn't sound strange to me.
But I might be wrong and confused. I'll ask some of my friends in Kansai about this question.

[投稿： Tae Kim]

Hee hee, you said "Mum". Miyo, how did you learn your English? Was it in the UK? Are you a native speaker? Just curious.

Oh, one Kansai person I asked at work was doubtful whether きかえる would even 通じる. And when it comes down do it, does it even matter?

[投稿： miyo]

Tae,

I'm Japanese and learned English at school just like others.
But I was in the UK for 9 months the year before last and that's why I'm used to spell a word in British way.

Most of my friends I asked say they've never said 「きかえる」.
I wrote 「きかえる」is often used in Kansai area, but I must admit that it was not true. Sorry, ignore my previous comment!
Only a few of them say they've used both words, mainly used 「きがえる」though.
A dictionary say both words are considered correct today.

勉強になりました。ありがと。

[投稿： Darren]

Miyo, good job with the British spelling ;)

Your previous comment was a bit off the mark? That's fine, it's just great to hear other people's opinions...

[投稿： Tae Kim]

Wow miyo, your English is really great! (I'm sure you've already heard this a million times) I've almost given up on the Japanese education system for teaching English but you've given me hope.

いやいや、感動しましたよ。ネイティブと区別ができなかったわけで。ではでは。

[投稿： miyo]

Tae,

Thank you, but actually I find it so hard to express myself in English still now. Often frustrated!!!!

I said that I'd learned English at school, but I mean I've never been to English language school,Eikaiwa.
I hated English class in my school days even though it was my favourite subject.
I don't think the system for teaching English is still so good, but at least today's students can take a lesson from natives like ALT.　There was no ALT system in my school days.
うらやましい！！！！！！
(BTW, how do you say "うらやましい" in English? )
So I've been improving my English on my way, constantly listening to NHK Radio English programme and so on.

Tae, your Japanese is native's level and actually I thought you're Japanese at first.
Amazing.

[投稿： Tae Kim]

Thanks Miyo, I really appreciate the compliment. I still have difficulty with writing and I'm still learning new words almost everyday. Just now, in fact, I learned 日常茶飯事. Someday I hope to be able to read a whole book without having to look something up.

[投稿： Tae Kim]

For うらやましい, I think you can say, "They are so lucky!" or "Those lucky bastards, they don't know how good they have it."

I was kidding on the last one... I think.

[投稿： Darren]

Haha... we should be teaching clean English here right?!

I agree with Miyo, Tae Kim, your Japanese is incredible. I don't think I have near the same level of motivation or talent as you.

Btw, for うらやましい I learnt 'envious'.