交こう代たい

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交代する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	交こう代たいする	交こう代たいしない
Polite	交こう代たいします	交こう代たいしません
Past polite	交こう代たいしました	交こう代たいしませんでした
Past	交こう代たいした	交こう代たいしなかった
Te-form	交こう代たいして	交こう代たいしないで
Desire	交こう代たいしたい	交こう代たいしたくない
Potential	交こう代たいできる	交こう代たいできない
Passive	交こう代たいされる	交こう代たいされない
Causative	交こう代たいさせる	交こう代たいさせない
Causative passive	交こう代たいさせられる	交こう代たいさせられない
Volitional	交こう代たいしよう
Polite volitional	交こう代たいしましょう
Imperative	交こう代たいしろ	交こう代たいするな
Conditional	交こう代たいすれば	交こう代たいしなければ
Tara conditional	交こう代たいしたら	交こう代たいしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

change; alternation; rotation; replacement; substitution; shift; relief; taking turns

Broadly covers any situation where one person or thing takes over from another, whether scheduled (shift change, player substitution) or unscheduled (replacement, relief). Can be used as a noun or with する as a transitive/intransitive verb.

夜や勤きんと日にっ勤きんの交こう代たいは午ご前ぜん8時じです。
The shift change between night and day duty is at 8 a.m.
選せん手しゅを交こう代たいするタイミングが難むずかしい。
It's difficult to decide when to substitute a player.
担たん当とう者しゃが交こう代たいして、新あたらしい人ひとが来きた。
The person in charge was replaced, and a new person came.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉と交こう代たいするto switch places/duties with someone
疲つかれたので友とも達だちと交こう代たいした。
I was tired, so I switched places with my friend.
〈人ひと〉に交こう代たいするto be replaced/relieved by someone
監かん督とくは途と中ちゅうでエースに交こう代たいした。
The manager brought in the ace pitcher as a mid-game substitution.
〈場ば所しょ〉で交こう代たいするto change shifts at a place
工こう場じょうでは8時じ間かんごとに交こう代たいする。
At the factory, shifts change every eight hours.

Expressions

交こう代たいでalternately; by turns; in shifts

Kanji

交mingle, mixing, association
代substitute, change, convert
替exchange, spare, substitute

Related words· 16

替かわるN3
代わる is the everyday intransitive verb for one person taking another's place, while 交代 is the more formal noun/する-verb for the same act.
交こう換かんN3
交換 means exchanging things like gifts or information, whereas 交代 refers to people or roles taking turns.
変へん更こうN3
変更 is changing a plan, schedule, or rule, while 交代 specifically means swapping people or duties.
入いれ替かわる
入れ替わる emphasizes two things or people physically swapping positions, while 交代 focuses on one taking over a role from another, often on a schedule.

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交こう番ばんN5
交替 is the plain modern word for taking turns or shift work, while 交番 in this sense is formal and mostly limited to set phrases.
更こう迭てつ
交代 is a neutral, often scheduled change of personnel, while 更迭 implies a forced removal or shake-up, usually of high-ranking officials.
輪りん番ばん
交代 refers to a simple, one-off change or substitution of people, while 輪番 implies a systematic, repeating cycle of turns among a fixed group.
シフト
交代 is the native Japanese word for taking turns or swapping shifts, while シフト (in the work-schedule sense) is the loanword used for the assigned schedule itself.
入いれ替かわり
交代 emphasizes people taking turns in a role or duty, while 入れ替わり focuses on the swapping or shifting of things (or positions) more generally.
持もち回まわり
交代 refers to a change or shift of persons, while 持ち回り emphasizes the cyclical passing of a role among members.
ローテーション
交代 is a native Japanese word for taking turns or shift changes, while ローテーション emphasizes a fixed, repeating cycle of assignments.
交こう互ごN1
交代 focuses on one person or thing replacing another in a role or position, while 交互 focuses on two or more things repeatedly alternating in a pattern.
取とり替かえるN4
交代する is used when people take turns or one person replaces another in a role, while 取り替える is used for replacing objects or parts.
チェンジN1
交代 is the general Japanese term for taking turns or switching places (e.g., player substitutions), while チェンジ is specifically used for switching sides or ends in sports contexts.
バトンタッチN1
交代 broadly means switching places or taking turns (e.g. shift changes), while バトンタッチ specifically evokes the smooth, sequential handoff image of a relay race.
新しん陳ちん代たい謝しゃ
交代 means a rotation or changeover of people/roles, while 新陳代謝 in its figurative sense implies a broader, ongoing renewal of a whole system or generation.

Don't confuse with

後こう退たいN1
後退 (also read こうたい) means 'retreat' or 'backward movement,' a completely different meaning from 交代 'shift change/substitution' despite sharing the same pronunciation.
代だい替たい
交代 refers to people taking turns or a shift change (e.g. work shifts), whereas 代替 refers to replacing a thing (or system) with another.
交こう換かんN3
交代 means taking turns or alternating (e.g. shifts), while 交換 means actually swapping one thing for another.

Word family· 22

参さん勤きん交こう代たい
alternate attendance; daimyo's alternating Edo residence
交こう代たい制せい
shift system; rotation system
交こう代たい員いん
relief worker; shift replacement; person taking over a shift
世せ代だい交こう代たい
alternation of generations; heterogenesis · generational change; emergence of a new generation
交こう代たいパス
alternate path

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交こう代たい交ごう代たい
taking turns; alternating
交こう代たい作さ業ぎょう
shift work; working in shifts
交こう代たい勤きん務む
shift work
交こう代たい投とう手しゅ
relief pitcher
交こう代たい操そう業ぎょう
shift work; working in shifts

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Written forms

交代Usage72%
- こうたい
  Standard kanji spelling for general use; preferred in most contexts.
- こうだい
  out-dated reading
交替Usage28%
- こうたい
  Often used for regular, scheduled rotation or replacement, especially in work shifts or sports. Interchangeable with 交代 in many contexts, but 交替 may emphasize a systematic swap.
- こうだい
  out-dated reading
こうだい
out-dated reading

Etymology

交代 is a Sino-Japanese compound of 交 (exchange, mix) and 代 (replace, substitute). 交替 uses 替 (replace, exchange) instead of 代, giving a similar meaning. The reading こうだい is obsolete.