<entry id="2185568" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>2401650</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>買い替え</keb>
</k_ele>
<k_ele>
<keb>買い換え</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>かいかえ</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<gloss>buying a replacement</gloss>
<gloss>replacing by buying something new</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2008-08-08 00:00:00" stat="A">
<upd_detl>Entry created</upd_detl>
</audit>
<audit time="2022-05-03 18:13:52" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Stephen Kraus</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_refs>This article claims that the two terms carry different nuances,
and that 買い替え is the more general of the two.

https://www.alle-mo.jp/kaikae-kaikae/
　「買い替えは同じカテゴリのものを新しくすること」
　「買い換えは違うカテゴリのものと交換すること」
　「迷ったときは買い換えではなく買い替えを使っておけば問題ない」

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
1,189,151	 52.2%	買い替え
1,086,533	 47.7%	買い換え
    2,014	  0.1%	かいかえ

Search results:
"買い替え" About 27,200,000 results
"買い換え" About 11,900,000 results</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -5 +5 @@
-&lt;keb&gt;買い換え&lt;/keb&gt;
+&lt;keb&gt;買い替え&lt;/keb&gt;
@@ -8 +8 @@
-&lt;keb&gt;買い替え&lt;/keb&gt;
+&lt;keb&gt;買い換え&lt;/keb&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2022-05-04 10:36:58" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>The JEs put 買い替え and 買い換え together without differentiating them. The kokugos only have the verb forms (買い替える, 買い換える) and don't distinguish between them I wouldn't suggest modifying the entry without more evidence than a single essay.</upd_detl>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>