How to say "exchange" in Japanese

• 交換こうかんJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbThe default word for exchanging things: two parties each hand over something and receive the other's in return, as with goods or items. It implies a concrete, mutual swap.
  あなたと席せきを交換こうかんしよう。↗

  Let me exchange seats with you.
• 交流こうりゅうJLPT N2approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbCovers exchange as interaction: cultural exchange, interchange, mingling between people or groups. Choose it when the point is people communicating and connecting, not a swap of physical things.
  さらに、お年寄としよりが互たがいに交流こうりゅうし、アメリカの生活せいかつの中なかで何時なんどきまでも積極的せっきょくてきに参加さんかしていられるように、多おおくの団体だんたいが結成けっせいされている。↗

  In addition many groups have been formed so that the elderly can socialize with one another and remain active participants in American life.
• 市場しじょうCommon
  nounThis is really "market": use it for exchange only in the financial sense of a marketplace where trading happens, such as a stock market. It never means swapping items between people.
  あと数すう社しゃの企業きぎょうが同国どうこくの利益りえきの高たかいペットフード市場しじょうに参入さんにゅうをねらっている。↗

  Several more companies are moving to enter the lucrative pet food market of the country.
• やりとりCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbAn exchange of words, messages, or letters going back and forth between two sides — correspondence or conversational give-and-take. Usually written in kana; it suits verbal or written exchanges, not swaps of goods.
  目めの前まえで繰り広くりひろげられるやり取とりは、俺おれが入り込はいりこむ隙すきなんて一いちミリもない。↗

  The exchange unfolding in front of my eyes had not a single millimetre of a gap in which for me to slip.
• 切り替えきりかえCommon
  nounReally means switching, conversion, or replacement: it fits "exchange" only when one thing is traded in or swapped out for another, not when two parties exchange things with each other.

Use 交換 for mutual swaps of things, 交流 for interaction between people or groups, 市場 for financial marketplaces, 「やりとり」 for back-and-forth exchanges of words or messages, and 「切り替え」 for switching or replacing one thing with another.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 交換こうかんexchange
• 交流こうりゅうexchange (e.g. cultural)
• 市場しじょうmarket (financial, stock, domestic, etc.)
• やりとりgiving and taking
• 切り替えきりかえexchange
• 交わすかわすto exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.)
• 取り替えるとりかえるto exchange
• 引き換えひきかえexchange
• 換算かんさんconversion (e.g. yen to dollars)
• 言い合ういいあうto say to each other
• 引き換えるひきかえるto exchange (things)
• 応酬おうしゅうexchange (of words, views, punches, cups, etc.)
• 取り交わすとりかわすto exchange
• エクスチェンジexchange
• 伝え合うつたえあうto exchange (messages, thoughts, etc.)
• 繰り替えるくりかえるto exchange
• すげ替えるすげかえるto exchange
• 更代こうたいexchange (something)
• 交わし合うかわしあうto intercommunicate
• 述べ合うのべあうto compare (e.g. notes)
• 取り替えとりかえswap
• 取り替えっことりかえっこswap
• 交換局こうかんきょく(telephone) exchange
• 取引所とりひきじょ(a stock) exchange
• 交換留学こうかんりゅうがく(student) exchange
• チェンジexchange (e.g. of goods)
• 代わりかわりcompensation
• 交通こうつうcommunication
• 為替かわせexchange (e.g. foreign)
• 交えるまじえるto exchange (words, fire, etc.)
• 置き換えるおきかえるto replace
• 入れ替わるいれかわるto change (seats, shifts, etc.; with someone)
• 替えるかえるto exchange
• 局きょくoffice (e.g. post, telephone)
• 持ち替えるもちかえるto exchange (what one is holding for something else)
• 移し変えるうつしかえるto transpose
• 交換品こうかんひんsubstitute
• 交換所こうかんじょ(currency) exchange