身代わり

Japanese
Kanji in this term
身 代
み
Grade: 3		 か > が
Grade: 3
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
身代り
身替り
身替わり

Etymology

身 (mi, “body”) + 代わり (kawari, “substitute”). The kawari changes to gawari as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) みがわり [mìgáwárí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [mʲiɡa̠ɰᵝa̠ɾʲi]

Noun

身(み)代(が)わり • (migawari) 

  1. substitution (for someone else), stand-in, scapegoat

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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