Example sentences
Formation
| (i) {V/Adjective い} informal | 代わりに | |
| 話す代わりに | Instead of talking | |
| 高い代わりに | Instead of being expensive | |
| (ii) Adjective な stem | {な/だった}代わりに | |
| 静か{な/だった}代わりに | Is/was quiet but (to make up for ~) | |
| (iii) Noun | {の/だった}代わりに | |
| 先生の代わりに | In place of the teacher | |
| いい先生だった代わりに | Someone was a good teacher, but (to make up for ~) |
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