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乗り換える のりかえる N4

  1. to change (bus, train); to transfer (trains)
  2. to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.)

牛を馬に乗り換える うしをうまにのりかえる

  1. to change (from riding) a cow to (riding) a horse; to go from (using, etc.) something bad to something good
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