See 代わる on Wiktionary
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"forms": [
{
"form": "代わる ^intransitive godan",
"ruby": [
[
"代",
"か"
]
],
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]
},
{
"form": "kawaru",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "kafaru",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "代わり",
"roman": "kawari",
"ruby": [
[
"代",
"か"
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],
"tags": [
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "代わった",
"roman": "kawatta",
"ruby": [
[
"代",
"か"
]
],
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "代る",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"kanji",
"uncommon"
]
},
{
"form": "渝る",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"kanji"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
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"args": {
"1": "かわる",
"hhira": "かはる",
"tr": "intrans",
"type": "1"
},
"expansion": "代(か)わる • (kawaru) ^(←かはる (kafaru)?)intransitive godan (stem 代(か)わり (kawari), past 代(か)わった (kawatta))",
"name": "ja-verb"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
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"categories": [
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
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"name": "Japanese godan verbs ending with -ru",
"parents": [],
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},
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
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},
{
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},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
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},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese terms read with kun'yomi",
"parents": [],
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},
{
"kind": "other",
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"derived": [
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"english": "substitute, replacement",
"roman": "kawari",
"translation": "substitute, replacement",
"word": "代わり"
},
{
"english": "substitute",
"roman": "-gawari",
"translation": "substitute",
"word": "代わり"
},
{
"english": "alternately, by turns",
"roman": "kawarugawaru",
"translation": "alternately, by turns",
"word": "代わる代わる"
},
{
"english": "in place of…",
"roman": "…ni kawatte",
"translation": "in place of…",
"word": "…に代わって"
},
{
"english": "change places, relieve one another",
"roman": "irekawaru",
"translation": "change places, relieve one another",
"word": "入れ代わる"
},
{
"english": "do in place of or on behalf of",
"roman": "narikawaru",
"translation": "do in place of or on behalf of",
"word": "成り代わる"
},
{
"english": "supplant, supersede",
"roman": "tottekawaru",
"translation": "supplant, supersede",
"word": "取って代わる"
}
],
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[
21,
27
]
],
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[
6,
9
]
],
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[
10,
28
]
],
"english": "machinery takes the place of human labor",
"roman": "kikai ga jinryoku ni kawaru",
"ruby": [
[
"機械",
"きかい"
],
[
"人力",
"じんりょく"
],
[
"代",
"か"
]
],
"text": "機械が人力に代わる",
"translation": "machinery takes the place of human labor",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"substitute, be substituted for, be substituted for a person, take the place of"
],
"id": "en-代わる-ja-verb-bve4TmqU",
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"substitute",
"substitute"
],
[
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],
[
"take",
"take"
],
[
"place",
"place"
]
],
"related": [
{
"english": "substitute, use in place of",
"roman": "kaeru",
"translation": "substitute, use in place of",
"word": "代える"
},
{
"english": "be replaced, change places with",
"roman": "kawaru",
"translation": "be replaced, change places with",
"word": "替わる"
},
{
"english": "be exchanged, become interchanged",
"roman": "kawaru",
"translation": "be exchanged, become interchanged",
"word": "換わる"
},
{
"english": "change, undergo change",
"roman": "kawaru",
"translation": "change, undergo change",
"word": "変わる"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ka̠β̞a̠ɾɯ̟]"
},
{
"other": "かわる"
}
],
"word": "代わる"
}
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"derived": [
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"english": "substitute, replacement",
"roman": "kawari",
"translation": "substitute, replacement",
"word": "代わり"
},
{
"english": "substitute",
"roman": "-gawari",
"translation": "substitute",
"word": "代わり"
},
{
"english": "alternately, by turns",
"roman": "kawarugawaru",
"translation": "alternately, by turns",
"word": "代わる代わる"
},
{
"english": "in place of…",
"roman": "…ni kawatte",
"translation": "in place of…",
"word": "…に代わって"
},
{
"english": "change places, relieve one another",
"roman": "irekawaru",
"translation": "change places, relieve one another",
"word": "入れ代わる"
},
{
"english": "do in place of or on behalf of",
"roman": "narikawaru",
"translation": "do in place of or on behalf of",
"word": "成り代わる"
},
{
"english": "supplant, supersede",
"roman": "tottekawaru",
"translation": "supplant, supersede",
"word": "取って代わる"
}
],
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"form": "kawaru",
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},
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"form": "代わり",
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"か"
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},
{
"form": "代わった",
"roman": "kawatta",
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"か"
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]
},
{
"form": "代る",
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},
{
"form": "渝る",
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"kanji"
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"hhira": "かはる",
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},
"expansion": "代(か)わる • (kawaru) ^(←かはる (kafaru)?)intransitive godan (stem 代(か)わり (kawari), past 代(か)わった (kawatta))",
"name": "ja-verb"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"english": "substitute, use in place of",
"roman": "kaeru",
"translation": "substitute, use in place of",
"word": "代える"
},
{
"english": "be replaced, change places with",
"roman": "kawaru",
"translation": "be replaced, change places with",
"word": "替わる"
},
{
"english": "be exchanged, become interchanged",
"roman": "kawaru",
"translation": "be exchanged, become interchanged",
"word": "換わる"
},
{
"english": "change, undergo change",
"roman": "kawaru",
"translation": "change, undergo change",
"word": "変わる"
}
],
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"Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
"Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"Japanese terms read with kun'yomi",
"Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
"Japanese terms spelled with わ",
"Japanese terms spelled with 代 read as か",
"Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
"Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
"Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation with pitch accent",
"Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"Japanese terms with usage examples",
"Japanese verbs",
"Pages with 1 entry",
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"english": "machinery takes the place of human labor",
"roman": "kikai ga jinryoku ni kawaru",
"ruby": [
[
"機械",
"きかい"
],
[
"人力",
"じんりょく"
],
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"代",
"か"
]
],
"text": "機械が人力に代わる",
"translation": "machinery takes the place of human labor",
"type": "example"
}
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],
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"person",
"person"
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"place"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ka̠β̞a̠ɾɯ̟]"
},
{
"other": "かわる"
}
],
"word": "代わる"
}
Download raw JSONL data for 代わる meaning in All languages combined (3.8kB)
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