代わり

Japanese

Kanji in this term
代
か Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
替わり 代り (less common)

Etymology

Nominative form of 代わる (kawaru, “substitute”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かわり [kàwárí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ɰᵝa̠ɾʲi]

Noun

代(か)わり • (kawari) 

1. substitution, substitute
2. substitute, deputy, proxy
3. compensation, exchange
4. second helping, refill

Derived terms

• 代(か)わりに (kawari ni, “instead of, for, as”)
• 代(か)わり番(ばん)こ, 代(か)わりばんこ (kawari banko, “alternately”)
• 代(か)わり映(ば)え, 代(か)わり栄(ば)え (kawaribae, “successful substitution”)
• 代(か)わり合(あ)う (kawariau, “relieve each other, take turns”)
• 代(か)わり代(が)わり (kawarigawari, “alternately, in turn”)
• お代(か)わり, 御(お)代(か)わり (o-kawari, “second helping, another cup”)
• 肩(かた)代(が)わり (katagawari, “shouldering another's debt”)
• 身(み)代(が)わり (migawari, “substitute, sacrifice”)
• 親(おや)代(が)わり (oyagawari, “foster parent”)
• 入(い)れ代(か)わり (irekawari, “substitution, replacement”)
• その代(か)わり (sono kawari, “instead, but”)
• 手(て)札(ふだ)代(が)わり (tefudagawari, “giving a gift”)
• 入(い)れ代(か)わり立(た)ち代(か)わり (irekawari tachikawari, “by turns”)

Related terms

• 代(か)え (kae, “substitute, proxy”)
• 替(か)わり (kawari, “turn, shift”)
• 換(か)わり (kawari, “exchange”)
• 変(か)わり (kawari, “change, difference”)

Suffix

代(が)わり • (-gawari) 

1. substitute, replacement

   携(けい)帯(たい)を住(じゅう)所(しょ)録(ろく)代(が)わりにする。

   Keitai o jūshoroku-gawari ni suru.

   Use a cell phone as an address book substitute.