代わりに (kawari ni)

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Meaning

  1. instead of
  2. in place of

All JLPT 3 grammar : 代わりに（代わりに, kawari ni）, instead of; in place of; as a substitute for, [Expression]

Example

日本語意味
つまり、この花瓶を尿瓶の代わりに使えってことか？In other words, he’s saying to use the flower vase in place of the urine bottle?
列車の代わりに飛行機に乗ることによって失った時間を埋め合わすことができる。You can make up for lost time by taking an airplane instead of a train.
問題は誰が彼のかわりにそこへ行くかだ。The question is who will go there for him.
僕のかわりに電話をとってくれませんか。Oh, would you catch the phone for me, please?

Vocabulary

日本語ローマ字意味
瓶binbottle, jar
代daicost, price, generation
代わりkawarisubstitute, replacement
花hanaflower, blossom
飛行hikouaviation, flight
列車resshatrain
飛行機hikoukiaeroplane, airplane
時間jikantime, hours
乗るnoruto get on
彼karehe, him
誰darewho
行くikuto go
問題mondaiquestion, problem
僕bokuI, me
電話denwatelephone call, phone

Kanji

漢字おんよみくんよみ意味
代ダイ,タイか.わる, かわ.る, かわ.りsubstitute, change
花カ,ケはなflower
使シつか.う, つか.い, -つか.いuse, envoy
時ジとき, -どきtime, hour
間カン,ケンあいだ, ま, あいinterval, space
行コウ,ギョウ,アンい.く, ゆ.く, -ゆ.きgoing, journey, carry out, conduct, act, line, row, bank
車シャくるまcar
合ゴウ,ガッ,カッあ.う, -あ.う, あ.いfit, suit
飛ヒと.ぶ, と.ばす, -と.ばすfly, skip, scatter
乗ジョウ,ショウの.る, -の.り, の.せるride, board
機キはたmechanism, machine
列レツ,レfile, row, column
失シツうしな.う, う.せるlose, error, fault
題ダイtopic, subject
問モンと.う, と.い, とんquestion, ask
彼ヒかれ, かの, か.のhe, that, the
誰スイだれ, たれ, たwho, someone
電デンelectricity
話ワはな.す, はなしtale, talk

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