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代える

JLPT N2 · Vocabulary

代える — “to replace, to substitute, to exchange”

代える (read かえる) means to replace, to substitute, to exchange. It appears on the JLPT N2 vocabulary list and is a verb.

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かえる

Meaning

to replace, to substitute, to exchange

代える in a sentence

係かかりを代えるかえる。

To change the person in charge.

The kanji in 代える

代substitute; era; price

Words that share a kanji with 代える

時代じだい— era, period, age
〜代〜だい— charge, fee; era, decade (suffix)
代わりかわり— substitute, replacement, instead of
近代きんだい— modern times, the modern era
現代げんだい— the present age, modern times
代金だいきん— price, cost, charge (for goods)
代表だいひょう— representative, representation
代理だいり— agency, proxy, acting (on behalf of)

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