置き換える
おきかえる
Meanings
- Ichidan verb, Transitive to move (something) to another location; to change the position of; to rearrange
- to replace; to exchange; to switch; to change; to swap; to substitute
Kanji
Example sentences
- 戦争は私たちの幸せを奪い取って、代わりに恐怖で置きかえたのよ。
War has taken away our happiness and replaced it with horror. - 波乱万丈の人生か。テレビでみるのはいいけど、わが身に置きかえれば結構きついね。
A stormy life? It's fine to watch that kind of thing on TV but I wouldn't actually want to live it.
Common phrases
Related forms
- 置き換わる (おきかわる) to be rearranged (intransitive partner)