代わる

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Alternative forms

Verb

代わる (intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana かわる, romaji kawaru)

  1. substitute, be substituted for, be substituted for a person, take the place of
    機械人力に代わる
    きかいがじんりょくにかわる
    Kikai ga jinryoku ni kawaru
    Machinery takes the place of human labor

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • 入れ代わる (irekawaru): change places, relieve one another
  • 成り代わる (narikawaru): do in place of or on behalf of
  • 取って代わる (tottekawaru): supplant, supersede
  • 父親に代わって言う (chichioya ni kawatte iu): speak for one's father

Related terms

  • 代える (kaeru): substitute, use in place of
  • 替わる (kawaru): be replaced, change places with
  • 換わる (kawaru): be exchanged, become interchanged
  • 変わる (kawaru): change, undergo change
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