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.
I thought of an alternative way to say the difficult word.
Please think of a paraphrase for this sentence.
I tried to make an easy-to-understand rephrasing.
Technical terms need to be rephrased for clarity.
パラフレーズ is a loanword used mainly in linguistics or literary contexts, while 言い換え is the natural, everyday term for rewording something.
言い訳 looks similar to 言い換え but means 'excuse,' not 'rephrasing.'
言い直し means restating something (often to correct a mistake), whereas 言い換え means expressing the same idea in different words for clarity.
言い換え is counted with 通り when referring to the number of different ways an expression can be reworded, e.g. 三通りの言い換え.
rephrase; put another way; say in other words
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
Variant using 替 (replace/substitute); less common but acceptable.
Abbreviated variant; rarely used.
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'.