In contrast to A
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お兄さんは優秀だった。それに引き換え私はだめだ。
You (my older brother) were excellent. Compared to that, I was no good.
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ショッピングセンターに引き換え、商店街は寂しい様子だった。
Compared to the mall, the shopping district had a lonely feel to it.
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駅前の賑わいに引き換え、裏通りは幽霊でも出そうな雰囲気だ。
Contrasted with the bustling front of the station, the back road feels as if ghosts might appear.
Getting the sentences
Construction
(Elements in parentheses are optional.)
Basic Examples:
姉に引き換え (compared to the elder sister)
人気であるのに引き換え (compared to the popular (one))
隣であるのに引き換え (compared to the neighboring one)
走るのに引き換え (compared to running)
Related Expressions
に対して／に対しては
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恵理子
Level: 1
(13 years ago)
にひきかえ and にたいして are easy to confuse.
にひきかえ conveys subjective feelings about something directly opposite or vastly different from what comes before the pattern.
にたいして objectively contrasts what comes before and after the pattern.
にひきかえ conveys subjective feelings about something directly opposite or vastly different from what comes before the pattern.
にたいして objectively contrasts what comes before and after the pattern.
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