両りょう替がえ

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Common wordJLPTN4Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

両替する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

currency exchange; money changing

Refers to exchanging one currency for another, or changing large bills into smaller ones. Commonly used in travel and banking contexts.

〈物もの〉を〈物もの〉に両りょう替がえするto exchange one currency/denomination for another
旅りょ行こう前まえにドルを円えんに両りょう替がえした。
I exchanged dollars for yen before the trip.
〈場ば所しょ〉で両りょう替がえするto exchange currency at a certain place
空くう港こうの窓まど口ぐちで両りょう替がえした。
I exchanged money at the airport counter.
〈物もの〉を小こ銭ぜにに両りょう替がえするto break a large bill into smaller change
一いち万まん円えん札さつを小こ銭ぜにに両りょう替がえしてもらった。
I had a ten-thousand yen bill broken into small change.

為替かわせN2
為替 refers to money orders, remittances, or foreign exchange rates, while 両替 is the physical act of exchanging currency for another currency or denomination.
交こう換かんN3
交換 is a general word for exchanging or swapping any kind of item, while 両替 is used specifically for exchanging money.
換かん算さんN1
両替 means physically exchanging one currency for another at a counter, while 換算 is the abstract calculation of an equivalent value.
崩くずすN3
両替する is the general term for exchanging money into different denominations, while 崩す specifically means breaking a large bill into smaller change.

件けんN2
Used when counting currency exchange transactions as individual cases or matters.

Compound of 両 (ryō, an old currency unit) and 替 (kae, 'exchange'). The reading りょうがえ is a rendaku form of かえ.