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

• (Tokyo) みがわり [mìgáwárí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [mʲiɡa̠β̞a̠ɾʲi]

Noun

身(み)代(が)わり • (migawari) 

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

References

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