Change Money
Money Exchange, Currency Exchange
noun, verbal noun
Coins? Bills? Both can be replaced if you want to change money at this money exchange. Just don’t do your currency exchange at the airport — the rates aren’t so great.
You'll probably see this word the most in arcades where you can go to the 両替 machine and get coins to feed your crane game addiction.
The reading here is a bit weird. Instead of just being か (it changes to が for the rendaku), it is がえ. Just think that if you want change exchanged, I'm your guy (がえ).
UFOキャッチャーしたいのに、両替機が見つからない。
I want to play UFO catcher, but I can't find a change machine.
この一万円札を千円札に両替してもらえませんか？
Could you exchange this 10,000 yen bill for 1,000 yen bills?
すみません、両替はお断りしているんです。
Sorry, I’m afraid we don’t break bills.
後で、今日習った日本語での両替の仕方について復習したいと思います。
I’ll review today’s lesson about how to exchange money in Japanese later.
関西空港で両替しようと思ったんですが、両替所がしまっていました。
I wanted to exchange money at Kansai Airport, but the exchange counter was closed.