代わり

Japanese
Kanji in this term
代
か
Grade: 3
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
替わり
代り (less common)

Etymology

Nominative form of 代わる (kawaru, “substitute”)

Pronunciation

Noun

代(か)わり • (kawari) 

  1. substitution, substitute
  2. substitute, deputy, proxy
  3. compensation, exchange
  4. second helping, refill

Derived terms
  • 代(か)わりに (kawari ni, “instead of, for, as”)
  • 代(か)わり番(ばん)こ, 代(か)わりばんこ (kawari banko, “alternately”)
  • 代(か)わり映(ば)え, 代(か)わり栄(ば)え (kawaribae, “successful substitution”)
  • 代(か)わり合(あ)う (kawariau, “relieve each other, take turns”)
  • 代(か)わり代(が)わり (kawarigawari, “alternately, in turn”)
  • お代(か)わり, 御(お)代(か)わり (o-kawari, “second helping, another cup”)
  • 肩(かた)代(が)わり (katagawari, “shouldering another's debt”)
  • 身(み)代(が)わり (migawari, “substitute, sacrifice”)
  • 親(おや)代(が)わり (oyagawari, “foster parent”)
  • 入(い)れ代(か)わり (irekawari, “substitution, replacement”)
  • その代(か)わり (sono kawari, “instead, but”)
  • 手(て)札(ふだ)代(が)わり (tefudagawari, “giving a gift”)
  • 入(い)れ代(か)わり立(た)ち代(か)わり (irekawari tachikawari, “by turns”)

Suffix

代(が)わり • (-gawari) 

  1. substitute, replacement
    携(けい)帯(たい)を住(じゅう)所(しょ)録(ろく)代(が)わりにする。
    Keitai o jūshoroku-gawari ni suru.
    Use a cell phone as an address book substitute.

References
  1. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō
  2. Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
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