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Examples

instead of N / instead of doing — one person or action substitutes for another

今日きょうはお茶ちゃの代かわりに水みずでいいよ。

kyou wa o cha no kawari ni mizu de ii yo.

Water instead of tea is fine today. casual

父ちちが体調たいちょうを崩くずしたので、代かわりに私わたしが出張しゅっちょうに行いくことになった。

chichi ga taichou o kuzushita node, kawari ni watashi ga shucchou ni iku koto ni natta.

Since my father came down with something, I ended up going on the business trip in his place. neutral

社長しゃちょうに代かわりまして、副社長ふくしゃちょうがご挨拶あいさつを申もうし上あげました。

shachou ni kawarimashite, fukushachou ga go aisatsu o moushiagemashita.

On the president's behalf, the vice president delivered the opening remarks. formal

in exchange for / to make up for — a drawback in the same subject is offset by a compensating upside

駅えきから遠とおい代かわりに、家賃やちんが安やすい。

eki kara tooi kawari ni, yachin ga yasui.

It's far from the station, but the rent is cheap to make up for it. neutral

この部屋へや、ちょっと狭せまい代かわりに家賃やちんが安やすいんだよね。

kono heya, chotto semai kawari ni yachin ga yasui n da yo ne.

This room's a bit small, but the rent's cheap to make up for it, you know. casual

このマンションは静しずかな代かわりに、駅えきから少すこし遠とおい。

kono manshon wa shizuka na kawari ni, eki kara sukoshi tooi.

This apartment is quiet, but in exchange it's a little far from the station. neutral

Formation

Notes

に代わって is the formal, written register — it covers representative substitution AND
plain entity replacement (Nに代わってN2が); casual speech uses 代わりに for both the
substitution and compensation senses.

Related patterns

Similar

  • のに

    Both can link two facts about the same subject, but 代わりに frames the second as compensation the first one buys — a trade-off the speaker treats as fair (駅[えき]から遠[とお]い代わりに家賃[やちん]が安[やす]い "far from the station, but the rent is cheap to make up for it" — an expected, deliberate exchange), while のに demands the pairing be a genuine surprise against the norm (駅から近[ちか]いのに家賃が安い "even though it's close to the station, the rent is cheap" — nearness is expected to cost MORE); swap them and 代わりに loses its implied fairness, のに loses its surprise.