代だい役やく

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Meanings

Refers to a person who takes over a role, especially in theater, film, or performance, but also used more broadly for any temporary replacement.

〈人ひと〉の代だい役やくを務つとめるto serve as a stand-in for someone
彼かれは主しゅ演えん女じょ優ゆうの代だい役やくを務つとめた。
He served as the understudy for the leading actress.
代だい役やくを立たてるto bring in a substitute
急きゅうな病びょう気きのため、代だい役やくを立たてることになった。
Due to a sudden illness, they had to bring in a substitute.
代だい役やくに選えらばれるto be chosen as the substitute
彼かの女じょは主しゅ役やくの代だい役やくに選えらばれた。
She was chosen as the understudy for the lead role.
〈人ひと〉の代だい役やくを探さがすto look for a substitute for someone
監かん督とくは監かん督とくは俳はい優ゆうの代だい役やくを探さがしている。
The director is looking for a substitute for the actor.

代だい理りN2
代理 is a broad term for an agent or representative acting on someone's behalf, while 代役 specifically means a substitute performer or role-filler.
ピンチヒッター
ピンチヒッター is a baseball-derived loanword for a last-minute emergency substitute, while 代役 is the neutral term used especially in performing arts.
控ひかえ
控え refers to a reserve or backup player kept on standby, while 代役 is the person who actually steps in to replace someone.
影かげ武む者しゃ
影武者 is a decoy or body double used historically to impersonate someone (often for safety), while 代役 is a general stand-in for a role or job.

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替かえ玉だま
代役 is a planned substitute performer (e.g. a stand-in actor), while 替え玉 usually implies a covert or deceptive replacement like a proxy test-taker.
吹ふき替かえ
代役 is the general word for a substitute actor in any role, whereas 吹き替え specifically means a stand-in for dangerous or specialized scenes.
代だい打だ
代役 is the general word for a stand-in or understudy in theater, film, or any role, while 代打 specifically comes from baseball and can be used metaphorically for a one-time substitute in a task.
代だい行こうN1
代役 is a substitute performer or stand-in for a specific role (e.g. in film or theater), whereas 代行 covers any task or duty performed on someone's behalf, not just a performance role.
代だい人にん
代役 refers to a substitute filling a specific role or duty (e.g. in a performance), whereas 代人 emphasizes the person who acts on someone else's behalf in general.

主しゅ役やくN2
主役 is the lead or main role, the opposite of 代役, which fills in for someone else.

代だい表ひょうN3
代表 means a representative who speaks or acts for a group, while 代役 means a substitute who physically takes over someone's specific role.

人にん
代役 is counted with 人 since it refers to a person who takes over a role, e.g. 代役を一人立てる.

Compound of 代 (substitute) and 役 (role). The reading is on'yomi for both characters.