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代わり

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代わり
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Yuzuo Chan
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11.06.2025
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Meaning

Not A, but B, B in place of A, Instead of A, B; In exchange for A, B

Conjugation

(A)N+に代かわって ~(B)N (A)N+に代かわり

Examples

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天気てんきがよいのでバスの代かわりに歩あるいて学校がっこうに行いく。
昨日きのう風邪かぜを牽ひいたので仕事しごとをする代かわりに一人ひとりでテレビゲームをやりました。
御金おかねは健康けんこうの代かわりにはならない。
いすの代かわりにこの木箱きばこを使つかってください。
その缶かんは灰皿はいざらの代かわりになる。

Key points

にかわって shows a replacement of a normal something with something else - where the thing being replaced is what's normally used/present. It cannot be used for something that's changed on the fly. You can use it to say if someone is replacing someone else who is ill/unavailable, or showing change over time (from tapes to CDs, gas-based cars to hybrids), etc.

のかわりに/かわりに shows a balance between the thing replaced and the thing being replaced. In exchange for one, the other is used. This goes well with nouns. It's even clearer with verbs: you say that since you're not doing something, you do something else instead.
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