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(no) kawari ni 1 19
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The conjunction / particle kawari ni indicates s.t. being compensated by
s.t. else. If the idea of balancing is missing kawari ni cannot be used.
(+ Related Expressions)

2. Vnonpast before kawari ni indicates an action that has not taken place;
whereas Vpast kawari ni indicates an action that has already taken place.
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(3) a. HE~BBR;~ C:&BF3 B 9 IZO - K -
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(I intend to play at night instead of having fun in the
daytime.)
b. &%7%h?..Rb ?I KT@&$& Lk,
(I played in the daytime, but (to make up for it) I studied at
night.)
c. GiQ~7%hf2Rih W:R%$&.f&3 B 9 fZ0
(I played in the daytime, so (to make up for it) I intend to
study at night.)
d. @Bm7%.jW,b 9 I:R%X.l?,
(I played at night instead of playing in the daytime.)
In (3a) and (3d), the speaker doesn't or didn't play in the daytime,
respectively but in (3b) and (3c), the speaker played.
In the case of adjectives before kawari ni, whatever is expressed by
the adjective holds true, but Adjl inf.past kawari ni Adj2 inf.nonpast is
unacceptable, as shown in (4).
(4) a. 71f- 1. CkSL\It;h 9 G:Ef%Eo
(The apartment is expensive but it is convenient.)