代かわる

かわる kawaru

to take the place of
to relieve
to be substituted for

godan verbintransitive

Also written 代わる

Chinese meanings

代替；替换

Examples

Furigana

ジムは、ベティーにかわって手て紙がみを書かいた。
Jim wrote the letter for Betty.
吉姆代替贝蒂写了信。
Tatoeba #216033
彼女に代ってその会に出席した。
I attended the meeting on her behalf.
我代替她出席了会议。
Tatoeba #94791

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('6efc625581'); // 代る

{
  "id": "6efc625581",
  "word": "代る",
  "reading": "かわる",
  "romaji": "kawaru",
  "meanings": [
    "to take the place of",
    "to relieve",
    "to be substituted for"
  ],
  "level": "N2",
  "pos": [
    "v5r",
    "vi"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1590820,
  "other_forms": [
    "代わる"
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "ジムは、ベティーにかわって手紙を書いた。",
      "furigana": "ジムは、ベティーにかわって{手紙|てがみ}を{書|か}いた。",
      "en": "Jim wrote the letter for Betty.",
      "tatoeba_id": 216033
    },
    {
      "ja": "彼女に代ってその会に出席した。",
      "en": "I attended the meeting on her behalf.",
      "tatoeba_id": 94791
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "787d32ec6ca774d8dd99df1d02389e02c077358f9ff1c16a7be4ae525d426c19",
    "meanings": [
      "代替",
      "替换"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "ジムは、ベティーにかわって手紙を書いた。",
        "zh": "吉姆代替贝蒂写了信。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "彼女に代ってその会に出席した。",
        "zh": "我代替她出席了会议。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n2/6efc625581",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1590820; local JMdict_e.gz",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "c94999df266d394a0fc0cc1850b1c2ee1b58a5b23d019894b3b48e346a4502f9"
  }
}