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両替
Meaning in Englishmoney exchange, currency exchange
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What it means
What does 両替 mean? It means currency exchange, the act of converting one currency for another at banks, currency counters, or other financial services. It describes the transactional service travelers and businesses use to obtain local or foreign money, typically for travel, purchases, or remittances.
Main meanings
- Primary meaning: currency exchange; the act of converting money from one currency to another
- Nuance: commonly refers to exchanging cash rather than digital transfers, and is often encountered in travel, tourism, and business transactions
- Typical venues: banks, post offices, currency counters, airports or travel desks
How to use it
Used in formal financial settings and travel contexts; as a noun it denotes the service, and it appears in compounds like 両替所. It is commonly used when describing or requesting a money exchange, and can be formed with the verb 両替する to describe performing the exchange.
Variants and close terms
- 換金 (kan-kin) – cashing in, currency conversion
- 外貨両替 (gaika-ryōgae) – foreign currency exchange
- 両替所 (ryōga-sho) – exchange office
Composition
- 両: indicates two or both; here it signals the two sides of a transaction
- 替: to replace or exchange; here it conveys the act of substitution between currencies
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noun (suru-verb)
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取り替え
torikae
swap, exchange
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切替
kirikae
exchange, conversion, switchover
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立て替える
tatekaeru
to pay in advance, to pay for another
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両極
ryoukyoku
both extremities, north and south poles
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両立
ryouritsu
compatibility, coexistence, standing together
N2
為替
kawase
money order, exchange
N2
着替え
kigae
changing clothes, change of clothes
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着替える
kigaeru
to change (one's) clothes
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交替
koutai
change, relief, alteration
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