身代わり
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Japanese[edit]
Kanji in this term | |
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身 | 代 |
み Grade: 3 |
か > が Grade: 3 |
kun’yomi |
Alternative spellings |
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身代り 身替り 身替わり |
Etymology[edit]
身 (mi, “body”) + 代わり (kawari, “substitute”). The kawari changes to gawari as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
- substitution (for someone else), stand-in, scapegoat
References[edit]
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 身 read as み
- Japanese terms spelled with 代 read as か
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese terms with rendaku
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji
- Japanese terms written with two Han script characters