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立て替える (たてかえる) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word JLPT N2 Conjugation Meanings 1
ichidan verb, transitive verb
pay for someone temporarily ; lend money for a payment
Used when you pay on someone's behalf with the understanding they will reimburse you later. Common in everyday situations like covering a colleague's lunch or paying a friend's share of a bill.
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He lent me the money to pay the rent.
Written forms 立た て 替か える Usage 95%
Standard kanji spelling; high priority.
立たて 替か える Usage 5%
Variant spelling; less common but still used.
Kanji 替 exchange, spare, substitute Similar words 貸か す 貸す means to lend something (money, an object) without the specific nuance of paying on someone's behalf. 立て替える focuses on covering a payment temporarily.
払はら う 払う simply means to pay. 立て替える adds the expectation of reimbursement.
Etymology Compound of 立てる (tateru, 'to set up' or 'to advance') and 替える (kaeru, 'to exchange' or 'to substitute'), literally 'to advance and exchange', referring to paying on someone's behalf with later reimbursement.
