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代わり

JLPT N4 · Vocabulary

代わり — “substitute, replacement, instead of”

代わり (read かわり) means substitute, replacement, instead of. It appears on the JLPT N4 vocabulary list and is a noun.

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かわり

Meaning

substitute, replacement, instead of

代わり in a sentence

父ちちの代わりかわりに私わたくしが行きいきます。

I will go instead of my father.

The kanji in 代わり

代substitute; era; price

Words that share a kanji with 代わり

時代じだい— era, period, age
〜代〜だい— charge, fee; era, decade (suffix)
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)
年代ねんだい— era, decade, generation, period

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