代わり
Meaning
Not A, but B, B in place of A, Instead of A, B; In exchange for A, B
Conjugation
(A)N+に[代「か」]わって ~(B)N (A)N+に[代「か」]わり
Examples
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天気がよいのでバスの代わりに歩いて学校に行く。
昨日風邪を牽いたので仕事をする代わりに一人でテレビゲームをやりました。
御金は健康の代わりにはならない。
いすの代わりにこの木箱を使ってください。
その缶は灰皿の代わりになる。
Key points
にかわって shows a replacement of a normal something with something else - where the thing being replaced is what's normally used/present. It cannot be used for something that's changed on the fly. You can use it to say if someone is replacing someone else who is ill/unavailable, or showing change over time (from tapes to CDs, gas-based cars to hybrids), etc.
のかわりに/かわりに shows a balance between the thing replaced and the thing being replaced. In exchange for one, the other is used. This goes well with nouns. It's even clearer with verbs: you say that since you're not doing something, you do something else instead.
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