きりかわる

切り替わる
to change completely

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きりかわる【切り替わる】

〔別の状態になる〕 change 《to…》; 〔別のものになる〕 change 《into…》.

●信号が青に切り替わる the light changes to green

・暖房から冷房に自動的に切り替わる automatically change from heating to cooling

・紙幣が新しい図柄に切り替わる paper money changes to a new design.

●線路のポイントが切り替わらなかった. The switch on the track wasn't moved.

・クリスマスが過ぎると街の飾り付けが一斉に切り替わる. When Christmas has passed, the decorations along the streets change all at once.

・連休明けで頭が仕事に切り替わらない. On the day after a string of holidays has ended, my mind can't readjust to work.

・明治 5 年に暦が太陽暦に切り替わった. In 1872 the calendar was switched to [replaced by] the solar calendar.

・レコード盤は CD に急速に切り替わっていった. Records were very speedily replaced by CDs.

・番組が CM に切り替わった. The program cut to a commercial.