変える
かえる · kaeru · JLPT N4 · verb-ichidan
to change
🐸 kaeru also means frog (蛙): a tadpole changes into a kaeru
変える (to change) is a homophone of 蛙 (kaeru, frog). The frog is the classic changer: egg, tadpole, frog. Note it is the transitive verb: you change something (を変える); the thing itself changing is 変わる (kawaru).