身代わり

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
か > が
Grade: 3
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
身代り
身替り
身替わり

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

()()わり (migawari

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

References[edit]

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