身代わり
Japanese
edit| 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
edit身 (mi, “body”) + 代わり (kawari, “substitute”). The kawari changes to gawari as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit- substitution (for someone else), stand-in, scapegoat
References
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- 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