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Grammar detail: 代わり(かわり)に

代わり(かわり)に  in return for, in exchange for, instead of
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noun + の
verb plain
+
わりに
means
in return for, in exchange for, instead of
えいご
英語
おし
えてあげる
わり
にほんご
日本語
しえて
ください
Please teach me Japanese in return for my teaching you English.
代わりに also expresses the simple idea of substituting one thing for another.
わたし
かのじょ
彼女
せっとく
説得
して
わたし
わり
その
しごと
仕事
やらせた
I persuaded her to substitute for me in that job.
verb plain
い adjective
な adjective + な
+
わりに
used to contrast two opposing facts, suggesting that one makes up for the other and vice versa
その
みせ
ねだん
値段
やす
わりに
あまり
きゃく
おせっかいを
かない

That store has cheap prices, but as a result they don't bother the customers.
たしせんたく
多肢選択
もんだい
問題
さいてん
採点
する
かんたん
簡単
わりに
せつもん
設問
する
むずか
しい

Multiple choice questions are hard to set, but conversely they are easy to mark.
代わりに is encountered in both kanji and in kana as かわりに.
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Kanji used in this grammar

タイ   ダイ   かえる to replace, to exchange   かわる to be exchanged   よ the world   しろ substitute   
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エイ    England; hero; flower   
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ゴ   かた to talk, relate   かたらう to talk together, chat   
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キョウ   おしえる to teach   おそわる to be taught   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ホン   book   もと origin   
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シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ヒ   かれ he   
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ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
セツ   ゼイ   と to explain, persuade   
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トク    profit   え    う to acquire   
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シ   ジ   つかえる to attend to   
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ジ   ズ   こと thing; matter   
テン   みせ shop   
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チ   ね    あたい price, value   
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ダン    grade, step, stairs   
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アン   やす peaceful; cheap   
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キャク   カク    guest   
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ショウ   や to roast, bake, burn   やける to be burnt   
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タ   おお many   
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シ    limb   
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セン   えら choose   
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タク    selection   
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モン   と question   と to ask   とん wholesale   
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ダイ    topic   
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サイ   と to take on, adopt, employ   
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テン    spot, point   
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カン    simplicity   
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タン    simple   
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セツ   もうける to prepare (for), provide   
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ナン   むずかしい difficult   かた hard   
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