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N1
〜にひきかえ
Meaning
Contrasts two things and states that one differs greatly from the other. Usually takes the former as a baseline and rates the latter higher or lower; a contrastive expression carrying the speaker's subjective judgment. 「ひきかえ」 is written 「引き換え」.
Examples
- 去年の不作にひきかえ、今年は豊作に恵まれた。 In contrast to last year's poor harvest, this year we were blessed with abundance.
- 兄が社交的なのに引き換え、弟はひどく内気だ。 While the older brother is sociable, the younger one is extremely shy.