身代わり

Japanese
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

身 (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

身(み)代(が)わり • (migawari) 

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

References
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