connective N3 common casualpolitewritten
の代わりに — instead of ~ / in place of ~ / in exchange for ~
の代わりに ・ のかわりに
Meaning
- instead of ~ / in place of ~ — 〜代わりに with a noun (the most common form)
Key sentence
バターの代わりに、オリーブオイルを使った。
I used olive oil instead of butter.
Easily confused with
Notes
- Just 〜代わりに after a noun (the の is the noun's attachment). Refer to 〜代わりに.
See の代わりに in real sentences
Jengo shows の代わりに the way you actually meet it: inside real Japanese sentences, so it sticks instead of staying an abstract rule.
Study it in JengoSources Compiled with reference to A Dictionary of Intermediate Japanese Grammar.