身代わり

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Japanese

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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

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()()わり (migawari

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

References

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