noun
rephrasing; paraphrase; rewording
Refers to the act of expressing the same meaning using different words, or the resulting expression itself. Commonly used in writing, editing, and explanation contexts.
難しい言葉を簡単な言葉に言い換えて説明した。
I explained it by rephrasing the difficult words into simple ones.
この文の言い換えを考えてください。
Please think of a paraphrase for this sentence.
Variant using 換 (exchange/convert); rarely used.
Compound of 言い (the continuative form of 言う 'to say') + 換え (the continuative form of 換える 'to exchange/change'), literally 'saying by exchanging'.