N3 grammar · Lesson 26

「〜かわりに」「〜反面はんめん」: instead, in return, but

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「〜かわりに」: instead, in exchange, the trade-off; 「〜に比くらべて」: comparing; 「〜に代かわって」: on behalf of, replacing; 「〜反面はんめん」: two sides of one thing.

Practise Paid

In this lesson

  1. 01「〜かわりに」 (1): instead of
  2. 02「〜かわりに」 (2) and (3): in exchange, the other side
  3. 03「〜に比くらべて」: compared with
  4. 04「〜に代かわって」: on behalf of, replacing
  5. 05「〜反面はんめん」: on the other hand
  6. 06Compared with similar expressions

Practice

  • Match the two halves of each sentence
  • Which meaning of 「かわりに」?
  • What would you say?
  • Choose the phrase for each blank
  • Change to the given form
  • Put the pieces in order

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