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肩代わり (かたがわり) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

肩かた代がわり

か

た

が

わ

り

Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

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

taking over a debt or burden; shouldering someone else's responsibility; subrogation

Used when one person or entity assumes another's financial obligation, workload, or legal right. Subrogation is a technical legal/financial sense.

父ちちの借しゃっ金きんを兄あにが肩かた代がわりした。
My older brother took over our father's debt.
急きゅうな欠けつ員

いん

の

仕し

事ごと

を

同どう

僚りょう

が

肩かた

代が

わり

し

て

くれ

た

。

A colleague shouldered the work of the sudden absentee for me.

Written forms

肩かた代がわりUsage78%
Standard kanji spelling; high frequency and priority.
肩かたがわりUsage13%
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肩かた代がわりUsage6%
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肩かた替がわりUsage2%
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肩かた替がわりUsage1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.

Kanji

肩shoulder
代substitute, change, convert
替exchange, spare, substitute

Similar words

代かわり
代わり is a general word for substitution or replacement. 肩代わり specifically implies taking over a burden or obligation, often financial.
引ひき受うける
引き受ける means to undertake or accept a task or responsibility. 肩代わり emphasizes relieving someone else of their existing burden.

Etymology

Compound of 肩 (かた, 'shoulder') and 代わり (かわり, 'substitute'). Literally 'shoulder substitution', referring to taking on a burden that was on another's shoulders.