代かえる

かえる kaeru

to exchange
to interchange
to substitute
to replace

ichidan verbtransitive

Chinese meanings

代替；替换

Examples

挨拶に代えて一言お礼を述べます。
In place of a greeting, I will say a word of thanks.
我以一句感谢代替问候。
真の友情は千金にも代え難い。
True friendship is priceless.
真正的友情千金难换。
Tatoeba #144995

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('8355396ec5'); // 代える

{
  "id": "8355396ec5",
  "word": "代える",
  "reading": "かえる",
  "romaji": "kaeru",
  "meanings": [
    "to exchange",
    "to interchange",
    "to substitute",
    "to replace"
  ],
  "level": "N2",
  "pos": [
    "v1",
    "vt"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1589780,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "挨拶に代えて一言お礼を述べます。",
      "en": "In place of a greeting, I will say a word of thanks."
    },
    {
      "ja": "真の友情は千金にも代え難い。",
      "en": "True friendship is priceless.",
      "tatoeba_id": 144995
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "e0abcc8fd4496ba794cf6e012725c4ea32f876f61af61f7216a521e91e342285",
    "meanings": [
      "代替",
      "替换"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "挨拶に代えて一言お礼を述べます。",
        "zh": "我以一句感谢代替问候。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "真の友情は千金にも代え難い。",
        "zh": "真正的友情千金难换。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n2/8355396ec5",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1589780; local JMdict_e.gz",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "46e7697821532b2822429d9c85c8784e576c2bba3a9869df0f9dd0ffb6495db8"
  }
}