Change

"Change" in Japanese

お釣り

o-tsuri

(small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination)

お釣り

otsuri

(balance returned after a purchase)

乗り換え

norikae

(a transfer between vehicles)

変化

henka

(the process of becoming different)

変更

henkō

(the process of becoming different)

小銭

kozeni

(small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination)

釣り

tsuri

(balance returned after a purchase)

釣り銭

tsurisen

(small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination)

釣り銭

tsurisen

(balance returned after a purchase)

乗り換える

norikaeru

(to transfer to another vehicle)

代える

kaeru

(to replace)

化ける

bakeru

(to become something different)

変える

kaeru

(to make something into something else)

変わる

kawaru

(to become something different)

変化する

henka suru

(to become something different)

変更する

henkō suru

(to make something into something else)

換える

kaeru

(to replace)

替える

kaeru

(to replace)

着換える

(to replace one's own clothing)

着替える

(to replace one's own clothing)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.