代だい理り

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代理する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

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

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

representation; agency; acting on behalf of

Abstract concept of acting for someone else, or the system of doing so. Used with する to mean 'to represent' or 'to act as a proxy'.

彼かれは社しゃ長ちょうの代だい理りで会かい議ぎに出しゅっ席せきした。
He attended the meeting on behalf of the president.
この書しょ類るいは代だい理りで署しょ名めいしてもいいですか。
Is it okay to sign this document as a proxy?

noun

representative; deputy; substitute; stand-in

A person who acts in place of another. Common in business, legal, and everyday situations.

部ぶ長ちょうが不ふ在ざいなので、私わたしが代だい理りを務つとめます。
Since the department head is absent, I will serve as the substitute.
彼かの女じょは病びょう気きの同どう僚りょうの代だい理りとしてプレゼンを行おこなった。
She gave the presentation as a stand-in for her sick colleague.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉の代だい理りをするto act as someone's proxy/agent
課か長ちょうが出しゅっ張ちょう中ちゅうなので、私わたしが彼かれの代だい理りをしています。
Since the section chief is on a business trip, I'm acting on his behalf.
〈人ひと〉の代だい理りでon behalf of someone
社しゃ長ちょうの代だい理りで会かい議ぎに出しゅっ席せきした。
I attended the meeting on behalf of the president.
〈人ひと〉の代だい理りを務つとめるto serve as someone's deputy/stand-in
部ぶ長ちょうが入にゅう院いんしている間あいだ、彼かれが代だい理りを務つとめることになった。
While the manager is hospitalized, he will serve as his deputy.
代だい理りを立たてるto appoint a proxy/representative
本ほん人にんが出しゅっ席せきできない場ば合あいは、代だい理りを立たてることができます。
If the person cannot attend, they can appoint a proxy.
〈人ひと〉として代だい理りを頼たのむto ask someone to act as a substitute/representative
旅りょ行こうの手て続つづきを友ゆう人じんに代だい理りとして頼たのんだ。
I asked a friend to act as my representative for the travel arrangements.

Kanji

代substitute, change, convert
理logic, arrangement, reason

Related words· 13

代だい行こうN1sense 1
代行 focuses on carrying out a specific duty or task in someone's place, while 代理 emphasizes standing in for a person's authority or position.
代だい表ひょうN3sense 2
代表 is a representative chosen to speak for a group or organization with formal authority, while 代理 is a temporary substitute acting on behalf of an individual.
代かわりN4sense 2
代わり is a casual, everyday word for a substitute or replacement, while 代理 is more formal and often used in business or legal contexts.
代だい理り人にん
代理 is the abstract act or role of acting on someone's behalf, while 代理人 is the specific person who performs that role.

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代だい弁べんN1
代理 is the broad, general word for acting or standing in as someone's agent, while 代弁 specifically means putting another person's feelings or opinions into words.
代だい役やく
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.
代だい理り店てん
代理 is the abstract concept of acting on someone's behalf, while 代理店 refers to the actual business that performs this role.
身み代がわり
代理 is a formal, administrative term for acting on someone's behalf as a representative, whereas 身代わり implies suffering or sacrificing oneself in another's place.
後こう任にん
代理 means a proxy or stand-in acting temporarily on someone's behalf, while 後任 implies a permanent replacement who formally takes over the role.
エージェント
代理 is a native Japanese word meaning 'acting on behalf of' someone, used in formal or business contexts, whereas エージェント is a loanword often used for talent, travel, or real-estate agents.
取とり次つぎ
代理 means acting as a proxy with authority to make decisions on someone's behalf, whereas 取り次ぎ just channels information or goods without that decision-making power.
補ほ欠けつN1
代理 is a proxy or agent who acts on someone's behalf, whereas 補欠 is a substitute who steps in to fill an empty role or membership slot.
代だい打だ
代理 is the broad business/legal term for acting as someone's proxy or agent, whereas 代打 keeps a stronger sense of stepping in for a single, specific task, often borrowed from its baseball origin.

Opposites

本ほん人にんN3sense 2
本人 refers to the actual person themselves, in contrast to 代理, who acts in that person's place.

Don't confuse with

代だい用ようN1
代理 shares the kanji 代 but refers to acting as an agent or proxy for a person, whereas 代用 refers to substituting an object or material.

Word family· 27

代だい理り人にん
representative; proxy; agent
代だい理り商しょう
commercial agent; commission merchant
代だい理り店てん
agency; agent
代だい理り業ぎょう
agency; representation business
代だい理り権けん
authority of representation; agency; power of attorney

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代だい理り母はは
surrogate mother
代だい理り者しゃ
proxy; representative; agent
代だい理り部ぶ
mail-order department; branch store
代だい理り公こう使し
chargé d'affaires
代だい理り処しょ罰ばつ
proxy punishment
代だい理り出しゅっ産さん
surrogate birth; surrogacy

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Etymology

Compound of 代 (substitute, replace) and 理 (manage, reason). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination naturally yields the meaning of managing affairs on behalf of another.