Grammar a Day - Level 1 - にひきかえ (nihikikae)

にひきかえ (nihikikae) - in contrast with; compared to

--- Examples ---
私の古い車にひきかえかれのはとても早いです

In contrast to my old car, his is really fast

去年はトマト50個収穫できたのよ。それにひきかえ今年は30個だけ。多分気候のせいね…
We harvested 50 tomatoes last year. In contrast, this year we harvested
only 30. This may be due to the weather...

--- Comments ---
Is this often used in spoken japanese as well? (contributor: Bree)

ex#5166 needs to have 'this year' added somewhere 'In contrast, we
harvested only 30 this year.' (contributor: Stephen)

done (contributor: dc)

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